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亨迪俄舟大神舞

English translation: God dance

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Japanese term or phrase:亨迪俄舟大神舞
English translation:God dance
Entered by: V N Ganesh

17:43 Jun 26, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Names (personal, company) / Chinese name (Dongba dance)
Japanese term or phrase: 亨迪俄舟大神舞
亨迪俄舟大神舞 ... How do you spell in English. Please help me. This dance is related to Dongba religion and tribe.
(I though of posting in Chinese-English pair, but was not sure if these characters are consistent with Chinese ones.)
sumc
United States
Local time: 13:29
God dance
Explanation:
There are many categories in the Dongba dance. The "God Dance" describes the gods' adventures to establish their Sublime position; the "Instrument Dance" manifests the power of ritual instruments and weapons; the "Animal lmitation Dance" portrays various birds and animals; and the "Battle Dance" defeats demons to protect the religious power, etc.......

In the Dance Rules in Offering Sacrifice to Shiluo, the ancient dance book of the Dongba religion among the Naxi ethnic people, the first chapter is "The ...
www.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node138665/node139012/
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V N Ganesh
Local time: 22:59
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Thank you VN and Rossa. Your inputs were very helpful. I figured out the "亨迪" part, but still waiting for the CHN-ENG pair translators response for "俄舟."
Again, thank you for your time.
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God dance


Explanation:
There are many categories in the Dongba dance. The "God Dance" describes the gods' adventures to establish their Sublime position; the "Instrument Dance" manifests the power of ritual instruments and weapons; the "Animal lmitation Dance" portrays various birds and animals; and the "Battle Dance" defeats demons to protect the religious power, etc.......

In the Dance Rules in Offering Sacrifice to Shiluo, the ancient dance book of the Dongba religion among the Naxi ethnic people, the first chapter is "The ...
www.zjol.com.cn/gb/node2/node138665/node139012/


V N Ganesh
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 5
Grading comment
Thank you VN and Rossa. Your inputs were very helpful. I figured out the "亨迪" part, but still waiting for the CHN-ENG pair translators response for "俄舟."
Again, thank you for your time.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rossa Ó Muireartaigh: Perhaps it is better to translate it as in this description than spell it. Maybe ask in the CH-EN section 'what is the God Dance of the Dongba priests of the Nakhi people in Sichuan called in Chinese?'
10 hrs
  -> Thank You.
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