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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 
LOG SHEET #3

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO / VIDEO LOG SHEET

LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Alison Karfeld / Paul Motsuk
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH02 
FILE NAME:
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: CFCH03 
FILE NAME: 164 [[strikethrough]] 1230 [[/strikethrough]]
PRESENTER: Longguang Huang
DATE/TIME: 7/4/14   1230
PROGRAM: China STAGE: Tea House
GROUP NAME: Symbolism & Aesthetics in Miao Batik and [[strikethrough]] [[?]][[/strikethrough]] Embroidery
REGION/STYLE: Miao Guayjiao Province (S. China)  

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT / OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Wenbin Yeng | Wax Printing [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] |
| Pan Yu Zhen | embroiderer [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] |

CONTENTS / NOTES (continue on back):
1. Cultural symbols in Miao wax printing include a cross dates to 4-5000 years ago) represents 
2. balance b/w male & female, heaven & earth, ying & yang.
3. Developed cross into 4 piece flower, which represents family union.
[[left margin]] Every 12 years, ancestral festival where wax painting is important - 5 to 6m long banners to make altars [[strikethrough]] alters [[/strikethrough]] [[/left margin]]
4.
5. Cross here = quite diff. from cross in Christianity 
6. His book, published in 2002, features his work.

[{right margin]] 1445 [[/right margin]]

7. Each cross should be chained to each other - means to carry on their family members & ethnic identity.
(Most beautiful part in Miao Wax painting = special patterns

5 Traditional Elements: wood, fire, gold, dirt, water
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*5 elements = same in Miao & Han, but ... Miao 5 elements diff. than Han (mainstream Chinese) in that [[strikethrough]] diff [[/strikethrough]] we put ying and yang together with the 5 elements; Han separates them.

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