2018 Genting World Lion Dance Championship: Yi Wei Athletic Association

Score: 9.23

[@DungarooTV]

When the dancers are so talented, the Lion becomes fully animated and seems to be alive - this is what separates masters from amateurs.

[@farmdude2020]

People don't recognize the subtle eye and mouth movement. But the work that goes into manipulating the eyes, the mouth, and synchronizing the footwork without falling off is amazing.

[@vincevvn]

Who didn’t recognize it. It was literally obvious

[@Shetasen]

Movement is so fluid. My cousin walked in thinking I was watching a dog show and then I told her that they were people, lion dancers.

[@abrahamloza7577]

Does look like a dog they should try to act like a dragon

[@tuanz8009]

abraham loza Fuck off if you don’t know anything about their culture.. 🙄😏

[@tuanz8009]

Shetasen can you even dance like them or you just trash talk? 🤔😒

[@chiho95]

Tuấn z800 Chill jeeze.

[@taitsanchez3644]

Tuan shut the fuck up

[@mikedavis6613]

Went down the youtube rabbit hole and this is where I ended up.

[@Lostenso]

Amazing isn't it? Same thing happened to me too. Haha

[@romineification]

@@Lostenso yup same here... lol

[@The_officialDrengr]

And what a wonderful place to find yourself! This is my first time seeing this it's "awe"some

[@kaydub4595]

Me too. Thanks insomnia

[@doginspace0]

this is the start of my rabbit hole - god only knows what’s next

[@mattiasalve5828]

as a lion dancer, i appreciate how difficult this is like it looks easy, but i can tell you it's not.

[@Julia-yj9qk]

Mattias Alve this doesn’t look easy

[@Spiroued]

Actually it really looks incredibly hard, and I believe you, it's without a doubt even harder than it looks

[@tuanz8009]

Mattias Alve it’s very easy actually, it’s easy to fall within 1 and a half seconds.. 👌🏻

[@simplyshandara]

I came across a video of two people practicing this dance without costume and it was fascinating. Of course, I had to see what it’s like full out with costume and it’s even more insanely amazing than I imagined. Beautiful 👏🏾

[@youremybiggestfan]

I love chinese culture... I remember seeing these chinese dragon dances at carnevals in my home country Chile as a kid. Always made left a big impression on me.

[@HCKsVideoz]

Tito Perez pretty sure you meant lion dance but both exist and I'm glad you like it

[@edmundtaiping]

@@HCKsVideoz in Malaysia we have dragon dances as well. Held on poles by a group of people.

[@xbck441okc5]

Lion dance is so much more breathtaking. Dragon dance is all about elegance and beauty.

[@kayrayroo7173]

Man, that guy in the back knows how to twerk

[@aliensphinx8643]

amazing. u even forget theres 2 people inside that costume! it looks like if it were alive

[@Ryan_Official_2001]

It's a lion you know, 2 people played on a lion, but more than 2 people played on dragon

[@duncanhkt2011]

I went to this for my 7th birthday, i had so much fun!

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

Wow. I'm super curious what this would look like without the lion!

[@MrPhantomNongkai]

You can find some videos on KZbin with lion dancers practicing on the jongs without the lion head. It's pretty amazing.

[@Jhinna]

Thanks random redditor for linking

[@lenabougie7180]

thankyou redditor 😌

[@liondancekookie]

So proud of my Lion Dance members!

[@internalcrusade5058]

is this malaysians team?

[@liondancekookie]

@@internalcrusade5058 this is Singapore Team

[@boiboioi9189]

I know im late may i ask which team are the best in the world and won so many times during world lion dance competitions?

[@fagami9544]

@@boiboioi9189 i think kun seng keng from malaysia

[@fossiliitv824]

thanx for sharing........ this kind of show/performance is really nice and mesmerizing thank you

[@nightwing7950]

fck ... i dont think i can jump between those pillars without losing my balance at least once, and these guys have to carry that heavy looking head. and the guy at the back, how does he jump with his head down all the time?

[@MH-yp4or]

Practice lol

[@gerrard1144]

That head is actually alot lighter than you think. My friend is a lion dancer an he said "its pretty light its only like 1-2 kg"

[@djwillyson]

A lot of practice my friend. Blood, tears, and sweat.

[@offbeat_yt9605]

the head is very light but since the head is made for the poles, it is meant to be made lightly, and the lion dancing takes months of practice before performance LOL.

[@minillagamez8904]

You need Kung fu skills to do lion dance.

[@susanturner3935]

Absolutely amazing!

[@nazariog.1155]

DUDE!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[@muzan_sama2907]

Dude i can barley even hold my self up when my back up friend picks me up and half of the time i forget to even Blink the eyes 😂😂😂

[@robertholmes8917]

Wow. Beautiful. So organic. 👍🥇

[@wamblipaytah1600]

That was feakin amazing!!

[@MoreLocations]

Awesome 👍🏻. Amazing performance 👍🏻

[@user-alex8to7q]

So much good Entertainer!!!!!!!

[@aisyaisy6351]

They are cute

[@pdiddy4292]

Insane,wooowww. Mad skills💪🔥

[@yoshinguyen3731]

I love lion dragons so much!!! They’re like dogs 🥰

[@pepinyostep3592]

Workin the booty at 5:28

[@hazelnutspred3348]

Twerk twerk twerk

[@minillagamez8904]

Don’t make fun of my culture. Americans these days.

[@wilsoniothegreat6162]

@@minillagamez8904 I don’t think they were insulting it just commenting on it and making a joke about I’m sure they didn’t mean to offend anyone by it

[@zhxnwxi.]

@@minillagamez8904 How is that making fun chill broo

[@Austin-gr7fj]

You are the lion the lion is you , all are one

[@abcdLeeXY]

Why can’t we have these pros in NYC for Chinese New Year

[@Scanlaid]

2:08 "shave and a hair-cut, two bits"

[@djtan3313]

Mad skills!

[@MajorMycology]

Amazing

[@nicoletate7032]

So cool

[@kientrungchannelkientrung8563]

Múa hay quá

[@ethanoyh9468]

8:27 that monkey moment is so cute awww 😍😍😍😍

[@thiruvannamalaivisitorguid5324]

Wow..i can't do like this

[@dkgong]

WTF?! Never knew there was a competition for this kind of thing!

[@doginspace0]

dkgong there’s competitions for everything from lion dances to torture.

[@Goldjade14]

Lion dance is growing around the world not just in Asia . Lion Dance is based on Kung fu . So I’m not surprise it’s part of a sport competition .

[@gerrard1144]

@@Goldjade14 kung fu is martial arts, and these are martial art and its also chinese cultute (was). But now it quickly becomes part of a sport

[@tuanz8009]

dkgong I never thought someone would never know about this. You Such a abysmal.. 😂

[@jackbuckleyauto]

They should go on AGT

[@vishnuvardhanreddy79]

I have seen in Malaysia

[@phuctranthanh8544]

đẳng cấp có khác

[@ariannakamillasafuan.al-am7270]

Hi, can I take your video for my school presentation? Thank you

[@jacknjill3000]

Great to watch and thanks for the share. Where is this held, what country?

[@seanwoh4749]

Malaysia

[@user-yf3od3ci2f]

Wow!!!

[@kastrodelacruz2721]

I got tired just watching this fml.. Such dedication.

[@tuanz8009]

Kastro De La Cruz then fuck off, bro. 😏

[@wilsoniothegreat6162]

@@tuanz8009 what’s with the aggressive comments

[@elina9236]

Imagine how scary that is though

[@LiondanceBrovy]

❤❤❤

[@kkmheidi]

Fo Shan....

[@Fraenzy]

🎉wow

[@Ryan_Official_2001]

This is a Fat San lion, but uses Hok San movement and drumming

[@jessiesyy]

can he do on one leg????

[@jojoisgeexp]

哇靠太棒。我上韓語課的時候我們的老師給我們看他們的舞獅。但是真的很無聊啊。他們連從我們華人抄的抄不好😂😂

[@yazook]

Yup. Totally. Lol

[@baldurhua8922]

他们不仅喜欢抄，抄完还说是自己的。脸皮厚一批。

[@mamamiabenjamia]

hey, waitaminute... that's just two guys in a costume!!

[@tuanz8009]

jane doe of course, you idiot. 😂

[@vincentbarraza1115]

Which is more difficult, to be on the head or the tail?

[@takumiae8679]

Head easier but scarier

[@tiefeinatmentiefausatmen4246]

Last Guardian 2 looking good

[@JustmeNici]

Well fuck me backwards, they're doing acrobatics on top of poles while wearing a huge af costume

[@kush_lord4000]

Hard asF

[@PerthLD]

4:59 / 10:18 they dabbed

[@dubzilla6978]

What type of dog is that?

[@yenotek534]

It's a lion

[@movedchannels7277]

Tuấn z800 wow! I’ve never met someone that was such a bitch! And at a time where it was so unnecessary. For fucks sake, get your shit together.

[@Mikhail_V_V]

China has the best kind of fur suits 😂😂

[@randot6675]

Cringe

[@Mikhail_V_V]

Ran Dot No u

[@madness1149]

Lmao

[@madness1149]

Well not really, it’s a culture thing in China for many years. The lion with different color represents the age. If the lion has black fur, it means that the lion is young. If the lion has other fur colors like red, yellow, orange or other, it means the lion is a grown adult. If the lion has white fur, it means the lion is very elderly. But Chinese lions have different species all over Asia. Like the Barong lion, The Shishimai ,the Northern Lion, the Southern lion (but there are two types of Southern lions like Hok san and Fut San or called it Fo Shan), The Tibet lion, The Hakka lion, the Green Lion, and many more. Mostly the types of lion have different dance moves. But sometimes there is a Tiger dance around Asia. Chinese lions eats lettuce and spits lettuce at you for good luck, but there are many ways to get luck by a Chinese lion, like touching the lion or the lion bites your head for good luck. You can give them money by putting the money in the red envelope, but do not give the lion a white envelope. Because white envelope is the meaning of kill. Hope you understand it. ;)

[@vizzieloto9892]

Tbh lion dance is very loud i can feel the music beat in my chest :/ IRL

[@vieet.phan08]

Try being a drummer

[@houdaini7]

That's the point; the loud noise is meant to ward off the evil spirits for the Lunar New Year. Also yeah it's deafening to be near, haha. At least it isn't the fireworks/dynamite line they set alight.

[@hugoh.9694]

Using their pots and pans to make LOUD noises and the paper machete monster/lion the village people made, they are attempting to drive away the real monster eating all their crops that has taken up residence in their village. (Ming dynasty era).

[@felmantay2616]

Exact rythm for Ngee Ann City competition

[@MrDinidee]

Team C,A or B

[@____-lj2cl]

@@MrDinidee if I'm right this is team a

[@younix258]

I may be the only weird one here but I wish someone would analyze those rhythms. They seem very irregular and interesting

[@bokchoyboy2195]

Those rhythms act like the heart beat of the lion. So the lion’s activity matches the rhythm like how the pace of our heart beat would match the activities we do. When the lion jumps around the music gets loud and fast like how when we run, our heart pumps faster and vice versa. Hope that clears up some things about the beat.

[@hugoh.9694]

If you know the origins of this tradition, you know the noises you hear are the village people beating their pots and pans to drive out the monster that has taken up residence in their town and is eating all of their crops. The lion you see actually represents the makeshift paper machete monster made by the village people to scare away the real monster (combined with the loud noises). This comes from the Ming dynasty era.

[@mike4722]

Yi wei is singapore?

[@diannaquek1511]

Mike yes Yi wei is from Singapore

[@Nguyennguyen-ym5dw]

Like

[@ab7dasker]

What kind of music is this?

[@hugoh.9694]

The music is supposed to represent the village people loudly beating pots and pans to drive away the monster that has taken up residence in their village and is eating all their crops. The lion you see was the towns people's own monster they made to intimidate and drive away the real monster. This is a Chinese tradition (Ming dynasty era).

[@jacksonvang3429]

I came for a dog show tho

[@israeloliveira2083]

😳Wow, really nice, but why lion? I think would be rather tiger and or dragon😉

[@stephanieb5116]

it's a cultural thing for new years tradition and for other big occasions that stems back many MANY years. It represents good luck and some other things

[@sabrinatby]

Chinese do have dragon dance too. You can Google it.

[@thexjade379]

Dragon one is usually on a stick

[@Zhang87]

People called it lion but originally it called nian Mythical beast in Chinese culture

[@redwoodanmoc2442]

is this lion head a product of sifu Siow's?

[@chacharealsmooth1009]

Thumbnail: **exists** Me: when ur late to school

[@MagicDragonKatt]

I still like traditional better. Especially futsan traditional. Far more expressions and emotions. The acrobatics are amazing but the lion kinda feels lifeless in a way. I think they are too used to accomodating the expressions of hoksan costumes.

[@dmanthedillpickle3068]

Who is here from Reddit?

[@maxgomez4296]

Twerking .! 5:28 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..

[@imwhatim7259]

I feel like this is a dog

[@tuanz8009]

sharath nayak no actually, your sound like a dog.. 😂 🐶 🐕

[@geraltdirivia8278]

I love these traditions. This is what keep the world rich. When leftists talk about diversity, inclusion and other bullshit they do not refer to art, beliefs and traditions, they only refer about physical diversity. Me, as racist as I might be, I would be honored to have such a festival in Italy. Chinese culture is somethimg chinese people should be proud

[@guyledouche6039]

What. The. Fuck

[@kingpotatochips9458]

Drummer has terrible time ughh

[@hugoh.9694]

It is supposed to represent a village of people loudly beating pots and pans... so. 🤔

[@benw4361]

This is easy.

[@jemappllesphan6143]

Ben Wang lol no

[@siddsach1]

You're lion

[@griseldaortizbernal2644]

It's not lol

[@hso1373]

I love the fact that this comments has no likes. BOO

[@jasonkoo5106]

Ben Wang lan

[@UTFT27]

Glorified furries.

[@loonshill1974]

Yes

[@trashpanda6505]

As a lion dancer myself, correction, historic furries.

[@thomaslowe4774]

WTF did I just watch? I bet furries are hosing down their PC's as the world of possibilities open up to them.

[@cameronmoreland9371]

Watched this stoned to the bone. Took me six minutes to realize how annoying the music is.

[@zhxnwxi.]

haha maybe you are not used to the music