Shaman music "Samen Douqi Tongge" comes from the album "Listening to Xinjiang Xibe Folk Song Collection on the Chinese Music Map"

Samen "Dou Qi" Witch

Folk Songs Shaman Music Ethnic Group: Xibe Region: Xinjiang

Folk songs Shaman music Nationality: Xibo Nationality in China Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Singing and Shaman Drum: Gu Yulin

Vocal, Saman Drum: Yulin Gu

Track Introduction:

Xibo, according to legend, is a people descended from the Xianbei tribe. Over two hundred years ago, in order to protect their homeland, they left the Great Khingan Range, where they had been fishing and hunting for generations, and migrated westward for thousands of miles. They then defended the border for more than a hundred years. The Xibe ethnic group adheres to shamanism and still retains the remnants of primitive shamanic culture in some settlements in Xibe. Like Xibo's shamanic dance. The shamanic religion of Xibe has evolved from serving primitive clans to agricultural clans, giving rise to four parts: Samen (shamanic priests), Douqi (shamans who jump gods to drive away ghosts), Erqi (shamans who pray to drive away diseases), and Tongtong (witches). As they shouted and sang powerful and passionate shamanic songs, the shaman of Xibo struck the Emeqin Divine Drum and danced shamanic dance to the increasingly intense drum beats, twisting, thrusting, spinning, and jumping. Their limbs moved with strong inner passion according to the rhythm of the song, and their steps followed closely to the rhythm of the drum beats. The Emeqin Divine Drum flew back and forth, and at its climax, it was almost crazy, enthusiastically and roughly imitating the process from inviting the god to exorcising the demon to sending off the god.