National Performing Arts Competition
The National Performing Arts Competition (Burmese: မြန်မာတိုင်းရင်းသားတို့၏ ရိုးရာယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဆို၊ အက၊ အရေး၊ အတီးပြိုင်ပွဲ), commonly abbreviated Sokayeti (Burmese: ဆိုကရေးတီး), is an annual performing arts competition held in Myanmar since 1993.[1] The competition is held in October of each year.[1]
Divisions
[edit]The Sokayeti is divided into divisions, namely singing, dancing, composing, and instrumental performances, theatrical performances, marionette. and Burmese drama.[2][1] Dances from ethnic minorities, including the Karen don dance have been included into the competition.[3][4] Most competitors are from the National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon and Mandalay, the State School of Fine Arts, and other culture-oriented educational institutions.[5]
The divisions are divided into gender, and include:[6]
- Singing
- Mahāgīta
- Old and contemporary songs
- Popular songs
- Dancing
- Dance
- Dramatic play - Suvaṇṇa Jātaka (သုဝဏ္ဏဇာတ်တော်ကြီ)
- Marionette
- Yokson (person, parrot, nat, mouse)
- Yokthe (prince, princess, ogre)
- Kwetseit (ကွက်စိပ်)
- Sutanu Jātaka (သုတနုဇာတ်)
- Scene of Rāhula Requesting Inheritance
- မွေခံထိုက်စေရိုးရာအမွေ
- Composing
- Amateur Level 1
- Amateur Level 2
- Professional
- Instrumental performances
- Burmese harp
- Pattala
- Piano
- Hsaing waing
- Hne
- Violin
- Hsaingwainggyi
- Ozi (အိုးစည်)
- Dobat (ဒိုးပတ်)
- Mandolin
- Guitar
- Donmin (ဒုံမင်း)
Levels
[edit]Competitors in each division are divided into 6 levels, according to age and ability:[1]
- Amateur Level 1[6]
- Amateur Level 2[6]
- Professional[6]
- Ages 15 to 20[6]
- Ages 10 to 15[6]
- Ages 5 to 10[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Douglas, Gavin (2003). "The Sokayeti Performing Arts Competition of Burma/Myanmar: Performing the Nation". The World of Music. 45 (1): 35–54. JSTOR 41700087.
- ^ "Case Study Report: Myanmar Traditional Performing Arts Competition" (PDF).
- ^ "Vice President U Nyan Tun hails arts competition as vital to preserving culture". Ministry of Information. 2015-05-08.
- ^ "Karen Don Dance Added to Burma National Performing Arts Competition « Karen News". karennews.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ Soe, Hein Ko. "In the Sokayeti song contest, an out of tune nation-building project". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g "မြန်မာတိုင်းရင်းသားတို့၏ ရိုးရာယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဆို၊ အက၊ အရေး၊ အတီးပြိုင်ပွဲ ပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်အဆင့်များနှင့် ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ခွင့်ပြုထားသော ဘာသာရပ်များ". Ministry of Culture.