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Features of the Hakka Unicorn Dance
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- Five-member team in a unicorn dance
What the five-member team does in a unicorn dance: one to move the head, another the tail, and three for the percussion instruments.
- Musical instruments used in a unicorn dance
Musical instruments used in a unicorn dance (from left to right): brass gong, banggu (clapper drum) and brass cymbals.
- Two unicorns meet
When two unicorns meet, the kung fu masters of the respective teams (seen here in the middle and on the right) would direct them to greet each other through motions.
- A unicorn greeting the bride
A unicorn greeting the bride.
- A unicorn outside the Tin Hau Temple
A unicorn outside the Tin Hau Temple.
- A unicorn kowtowing to Tin Hau
A unicorn kowtowing to Tin Hau.
- Demonstration of the “unicorn’s leap”
Demonstration of the “unicorn’s leap” in a festive celebration.
- Demonstration of “picking of the greens”
“Picking of the greens” – a segment in the “unicorn’s leap” performance.
- Unicorn dance
Unicorn dance.
- The Hakka Unicorn Dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung
The Hakka Unicorn Dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung.