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

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

Levels

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Case Study Report: Myanmar Traditional Performing Arts Competition" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Vice President U Nyan Tun hails arts competition as vital to preserving culture". Ministry of Information. 2015-05-08.
  4. ^ "Karen Don Dance Added to Burma National Performing Arts Competition « Karen News". karennews.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  5. ^ Soe, Hein Ko. "In the Sokayeti song contest, an out of tune nation-building project". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "မြန်မာတိုင်းရင်းသားတို့၏ ရိုးရာယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဆို၊ အက၊ အရေး၊ အတီးပြိုင်ပွဲ ပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်အဆင့်များနှင့် ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ခွင့်ပြုထားသော ဘာသာရပ်များ". Ministry of Culture.

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