Free shadow dance, also known as shadow dance, is a unique form of folk ritual dance, often held on festivals at temples and shrines in the South. Recently, when introduced into some cultural and tourist activities, this type has quickly become a heritage that attracts the attention of many domestic and foreign tourists.

Free ball dancing has two parts: ball dancing and free singing. Dance through the shaping movements expressing the dedication to the gods. This is the part that everyone is always interested in. Some of the ball girls are hard to practice, so they perform the dance moves quite skillfully, skillfully as a circus, making viewers always nervous and curious to wait.

This is the art of performing and singing to express the tradition of gratitude, drinking water to remember the source of man to the gods, to the ancestors and the dead. The costumes of the ball-women are also very sophisticated, full of tops, hats, skirts, scarves, and ranks. The makeup also takes care, bold lipstick.

Referring to the art of free dancing in Dong Nai, people will immediately mention the artisan Kim Phung (Trang Dai Ward, Bien Hoa City), who "kept the fire" for this art and participated in competitions. , concerts inside and outside the province. She has over 40 years in the profession and now her two daughters also want to succeed her.
According to the researchers, in order to preserve and preserve the cultural and spiritual values for free dance, the free dance should be exploited as a tourism product. Only when bringing spiritual cultural products to visitors, through vivid images for them to be seen, headphones, the transmission will be effective.

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