The Study On Kazakh Dance In Barkol Of Xinjiang

The Kazakh dance in Barkol is a kind of folk dance which is wide spread in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami, its art form is combined with traditional folk music and dance. The Dance can be divided into several types in expression form such as daily work, animal imitation, religious customs, labor praise and so on. Each type has some commons or similarities in music forms such as melody, rhythm and tempo. However, the dance has its own characteristics in expression style, language, posture, pace as well as life scene.The Kazakh in Barkol usually live along the river and pasture. After thousands of years, the grassland civilization is reflected by poetry, music, dance and so on. On the one hand, the cultural heritage of Barkol ancient "rushes country" is hidden in the Silk Road, on the other hand Barkol as the "East gate" in Xinjiang, shows a prominent position. In the process of development and exchanging the economic and cultural, the Kazakh Dance in Barkol as an important part of Kazakh Dance in Xinjiang, has a close connection between expression form and style. Due to the special location and culture exchange,.the Kazakh in Barkol has its own unique character.This thesis is based on field investigation, do the personal interview of the inheritor of Kazakh folk dance in Barkol; generally know about the survival of Kazakh dance in Barkol under the foundation of inherent pedigree; observe and study the performance field and procedure of the dance; then come up with “same dance to different songs while same songs with different dances” in Kazakh dance in Barkol. The show with culture coexistence is from wideness the Kazakh in Barkol, and height of their vision as well as multi-dimension of their horizon formed by the vast of Barkol grassland.From the ancient, the means of inherit of Kazakh in Barkol is to teach by words and heart, so Kazakh in Barkol protect grassland culture in their own way and prolong their memory by folk traditional music and dance.The special culture meaning in all kinds of activities shows the respect to the nature, the aspiration to the freedom, the adherence to the rules as well as stretch to the memory. This kind of non-stage performance protect the culture of Kazakh in Barkol in an unstable way, therefore, only by respecting and looking up to the Kazakh folk music in Barkol could we see the brightness of Barkol folk culture.