Goings on
As part of the mid-autumn festival there have been various festivities going on around Hong Kong. On Friday and Saturday night there was a temporary stage set up in the little shrine which is tucked on to the side of some steps at the top end of our street, featuring a woman belting out what sounded like Chinese classic 80s songs. The audience, mostly shirtless old men but also passing tourists, and local restaurant owners, was sparse but seemed appreciative.
Then there was a huge lantern festival in Victoria Park on Saturday night (plenty of pictures on Flickr) complete with a demonstration of Mongolian throat singing, Cantonese opera, giant moving volcano shaped lanterns...the usual.
posted by Phil T at
9:48 am
2 Comments:
...usual!?
"Mongolian Throat Singing"
Q1 Define.
Q2 Demonstrate.
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1: Mongolian throat singing (khoomei) is a traditional way of singing using your throat (obviously) to somehow use harmonics to generate up to three or four different tones at once. It's quite strange but intriguing to hear. I think it's used by some other ethnic groups around the world too.
2: Er...can't! But there's a sample you can listen to online at http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/tuva.html
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