Dawa Jigmed and Jigmed Tubtle began their presentation by giving some background information. This was not their first time at Spokane’s Fall Folk Festival but it was their first time at the festival where they can speak English to the audience. Dawa and Jigmed are both from Tibet and both studied Tibetan and Chinese culture at a university in China. As part of their studies, they formed a Tibet culture club where they learned to dance and sing in the ways of the Tibetan culture.
Spokane’s Fall Folk Festival is an annual event, created and surviving on volunteer work, whose mission is to “present the diversity of our community through traditional music, dance and the arts.” The festival takes place at Spokane Community College.
The ideas behind Tibetan music and dance are religious, in other words, influenced by Tibet’s Buddhist culture. Dawa and Jigmed love to show Tibetan culture and even taught the audience some Tibetan dance moves. The audience walked away from the presentation with not only a sneak peak of the Tibetan culture but a little more joyful. I believe that opportunities to partake in a new culture give a person the feeling of accomplishment because we’ve tried something new, and that makes us happy. I rather enjoyed learning the dance moves and just being able to see new culture. I grew up in the dance world so I have watched people perform dances from many different culture but never Tibetan. I encourage everyone to take what they love, be it dance, painting, acting, any hobby, and learn how it differs on the other side of the world. For me, learning hula, Bollywood and now Tibetan dance makes me love dance even more. What hobbies have you been able to experience in different culture and has it changed the way you view that hobby?
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