So Quite A Lot Of People Expressed Interest In A Guide To Lion Dance! And Since The Lunar New Year Is

so quite a lot of people expressed interest in a guide to lion dance! and since the lunar new year is coming up in a couple weeks, which means everyone’s exposure to lions is probably going to increase, i figured i’d go ahead and make it! right click + open in new tab to fullview, etc etc, i hope it’s helpful, although if you only take one thing away from this powerpoint, it’s this: lions are not dragons

disclaimer: i learned fut san style at an american university, and the senior members of the troupe were almost all from hong kong and taiwan, so most of my knowledge is drawn from what they taught me. lion dance varies widely depending on the style and the country of origin, and many schools do things differently! this is just an attempt to establish a baseline and give you a really basic intro to one of my favorite art forms. :)

what if people born on leapdays actually aged 25% of the usual rate that people age so that the number of times they've experienced their birthday on february 29th is the age they're analogous to for everyone else. imagine being a parent to a child like that, you'd spend sixteen years rearing a newborn to the equivalent of a normal four-year old, wouldn't that be harrowing? now imagine that these people also have long pointy ears

just a psa that today's poem of the day is worth reading

Please keep work place safety in mind at all times

this is the best video ive seen in my goddamn life