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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014
LOG SHEET #7
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: 
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: CFCH01 
FILE NAME : Teahouse 0177
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: 03 
FILE NAME: STE 000
PRESENTER: Levi Gibbs 
DATE/TIME: 07/05/2014 3:30
PROGRAM:  
STAGE: Teahouse Commons
GROUP NAME: Chinese Zodiac Traditional Craft
REGION/STYLE:

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Yali Tian | Paper Cutter |
| Baolin Zhang | Dough Sculptor | 

CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back):
1. In china, everyones zodiac symbol, 12 total, outside confusion of how
2. people can be compared to animals. Animals are very ancient aspect of
3.Culture, connected to yin/yang
4. Ten heavenly systems, twelve earth branches, all stems combine. First few
5. like ABCD, 1235; end with humans and ghosts
with 10 and 12, uneven numbers, 60 year cycle to get through all of them
6. Agricultural history, desire for sets of balance
7. Fist is the rat, an animal for each of the 12 earthly branches
8. The cow is big but the rat is small, rat is crafty but cow is honest: together they create a balance
Tiger is fierce, racket is honest/simple, one is big/other small, creating balance.
Dragon flies snake slithers, dragon powerful where snake is small