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Chitchat 鬼步舞 - Fabulous dancing footwork by Shanghainese Lady.

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鬼步舞 (女人没有错) - Ghost step dancing. There are some other performers of the Ghost steps, but not comparable to this lady and Grandpa.

Lady and Granpa:
 

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This dance is best! Click above for sword dance Pyongyang!



https://www.rt.com/news/418187-nkorea-military-parade-olympics/

Female sword dancers & missiles: N. Korea holds mass parade on eve of Olympics (VIDEOS)
Published time: 8 Feb, 2018 09:23 Edited time: 8 Feb, 2018 12:49
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North Korea has staged a massive military parade on the eve of the Winter Olympics, complete with uniformed women dancing with swords and a grinning Kim Jong-un.
The usual accompaniments were present, namely intercontinental ballistic missiles to display Pyongyang's military capabilities. But there was also a dash of glamor: a red carpet, rolled out for Kim and his wife.

Kim also delivered the expected rhetoric, speaking of his country as a "global military power" despite facing the "worst sanctions" from the West.

There were also women in uniform dancing in exact unison with swords, making the parade seem – at least for a moment – more like a festive celebration rather than a statement of military strength.

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Jets flew over Kim Il-sung Square in formation to make a "70," as the parade was conducted to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's armed forces, the Korean People's Army (KPA).

Thousands of people were dressed in red, white and yellow to create the letters "Kim Jong-un" in Korean, along with the ruling Workers' Party symbol of the brush, hammer and sickle.

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It came on the eve of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, where teams from the two Koreas will march under a united flag at the opening ceremony.

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However, even as the two sides prepare for the ceremony, Seoul has announced its disapproval with the parade, describing it as "intimidating" after a trial run was captured by satellite.

The North was in no rush to provide details or pictures of the parade and did not invite foreign journalists. Hours before Pyongyang released the footage, videos and photos by foreign tourists emerged online, showing a motorcade of military vehicles driving through the streets of the capital.


Some photos were taken by Michael Spavor of the Paektu Cultural Exchange, an international non-governmental organization that facilitates cultural and business exchange with North Korea. The organization also offers its clients “a special trip” to enjoy a “rare military parade,” which was likely to occur on Thursday, according to its website.

READ MORE: Trial run of ‘intimidating’ N. Korea military parade captured by satellite (PHOTOS)

The contentious move comes despite a recent diplomatic thaw between the North and South. In January, delegations managed to hold talks and agree on North Korea’s participation in the Olympics, as well as the creation of a united women’s hockey team.

Hundreds of North Koreans, including high-profile officials, an orchestra, and cheerleaders have arrived in the South for the Olympics. The arrival of an art troupe was met with a small protest and sporadic scuffles between South Korean police and demonstrators.

However, the US is still calling for pressure on North Korea to be ramped up, and plans to continue military drills with its allies in the region after the Olympics, in addition to recent drills. The maneuvers have been repeatedly criticized by Pyongyang, which refuses to halt its nuclear and missile tests.

North Korea does not intend to use the Olympics as an opportunity to come to the negotiating table with Washington.

“We have no intention whatsoever to meet US authorities during our visit to the South,” Cho Yong-Sam, a senior foreign ministry official, said as cited by state-run KCNA news agency He added that North Korea “never begged for dialogue” with the US and will not do it in the future. The statement came following Mike Pence’s bellicose warning of more economic sanctions against Pyongyang before the end of the Winter Olympics, the “toughest and most aggressive” sanctions yet.
 

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People really could be on different frequencies - that's why there is war.

This thread is about dance - the Ghost steps meant to chase away ghost and bring cheerfulness and luck (CNY is around the corner). The North Korean ladies waving their swords only bring greater stress. The missiles mean death!
 

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Don't the chinks have anything better to do with their lives? :rolleyes:
 

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Don't the chinks have anything better to do with their lives? :rolleyes:
Life is not just a series of "wake-up, go to work, come home, eat, something..something.. sleep". There is also relax, music, ART, dancing...talking big, lying, cheating, doing politics, catching thieves and adulterers...

Matthew 4:4:
But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
If you care to read through the whole holy book, you'll sure come to find "dances... in praise of God's creation".
 

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Life is not just a series of "wake-up, go to work, come home, eat, something..something.. sleep". There is also relax, music, ART, dancing...talking big, lying, cheating, doing politics, catching thieves and adulterers...

Matthew 4:4:

If you care to read through the whole holy book, you'll sure come to find "dances... in praise of God's creation".

Yeah but that's not proper dancing that's stupid, idiotic, lame dancing.
 

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what 鬼步舞?that's the Melbourne shuffle
If it is the Melbourne Shuffle, then it is; you can't lie to the world about some dance steps. But how should you called it in Chinese - 墨尔本洗牌 or 鬼步舞.

If there is a Melbourne dance shuffle competition, would not all the dancers dance differently and be rated differently? Also flavors of the steps.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
 

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Why was Michael Jackson called a super star dancer? Because many youngsters fell in love with his dance and music. There is Miley Cyrus - whatever her popularity.

People are judged in their skills or style. Some are considered bad, some good. That's the way of the world.
 

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花儿为什么这样红
Try to ignore the really bad resolution and see if there is anything in the dance. You have to like Chinese to love the song and the dance - there is always a cultural factor in the arts.

I think there is - or maybe - great subtleties in what we called the arts, including dancing. We are all born different and our "seeing" too may be different.

There was a very famous Muslim saint of old, Abdul Qadir Jilani. Once he was teaching a group of his students fiqh - Islamic theology. A friend of his was waiting for him and was witnessing the lesson. After the lesson, his friend could not hold himself and commented to Abdul Qadir Jilani about his great patience with one of the students. That student was just not meant to study fiqh; he could not even memorize simple lines of words. Abdul Qadir Jilani replied that he would not need to exercise his patience much longer. After a week or two, that young student died.

Our eyes and seeing are all different. There is not a "why" in everything under the sun.
 
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