The Identity of Performance Tradition and Region of the Great Dong Opera

The Great Dong Opera is the translation of the term Galao(old) of the traditional Dong music in the southern dialect area by music scholars.Due to the fact that the sounds come from multi-vocal part,people take the connotation of the songs gradually as the multi-voiced songs by the Dong people.The connotation of the Great Dong Opera can be divided into two parts: broad and narrow.The former means the multi-part songs by the Dong people;while the latter refers to the Galao.The Dong people in the south develop the feelings of the young men and women in the same village and in the same marital group through the group singing towards each other in the form of Galao so as to strengthen the local marriage ring.Within the region,different villages in the subsection hold Galao group concert by way of eating acacia to expand the communication circle among the southern villagers to the outside of marriage,and strengthen the regional identity.