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-Even though diff. instruments, words the same 3 - From Miao ethnic group. Miao have lots of festivals (bigger yearly / smaller daily)learned most songs there. Instrument - mouth [[ arrow ]] (__) organ made from bamboo Man sings: (SOUND SAMPLE __ ) When the man sings to a woman, the idea is to come to his side asking to go out w/ her. 4 WOMAN sings: (SOUND SAMPLE __). If a girl sings this song it means she agrees to go out with him. If you're not married we'll try to understand more of each other, see where it goes 5 - guangzou (sp?)singer, often sung in fields, express feelings while working. When she was young, she'd follow her parents to the fields, where she learned them. Story of sister-in-law singing too - most songs are happy but her sis in law's was sad because she missed her husband. (SONG SAMPLE __) -Although mostly [[ heart ]] songs, it may also be sad about missing ppl who are away for work - Huar? songs. (Beautiful woman) 6 2 diff names - HUAR ? (beautiful woman) Shao Nyen? (" men) 7 Tibetans (married) - HUAR songs are common to sing to each other, they met & married via singing. Songs have metaphors - 1st 2 lines usu. mean something else - metaphor for new beginnings of [[ heart ]] (SOUND SAMPLE __ ) Another song Jioju (sp?) style, Let's sing, enjoy life, be together [[ arrow ]] sung in Tibetan w/ Tibetan features of musical style. (SOUND SAMPLE __ ). Q & A: Q: Are other songs sung in Mandarin? A: Dung ppl sing in Dung lang. (orally transmitted only, no writing) - [[ ditto marks ]] Dung ppl sing in [[/end ditto marks]] Miao. - HUAR songs are sung by members of 8 diff ethnic groups (diff from other styles), use common lang as local dialects common of Chinese. Q: Most songs man makes 1st move. Ever a song where the woman does? A: In all cases, possible but Dung more commonly man others women 1st = common.