Monday, August 14, 2000

Drawing/Bargains/Tibet Dancers



For dinner we went to a classic Tibet restaurant where they had people playing instruments and dancing after dinner (this has been the only meal I've had in Tibet that I really liked). I felt really sorry for the female dancers. I don't know if it is a difference in Chinese custom or just this particular group, but everyone was taking flash photography of them (I took some too since the room was already flashing constantly, but normally I would never do anything that would blind a performer), and then they started getting up and posing with/mimicking the dancers,.. while the dancers were dancing. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the dancers was how well they pulled off their routine in spite of all the distraction... maybe they're used to it. The male dancers were very fast, graceful and all over the stage, so luckily the tourists were smart enough not to get in their way.

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