The ancient dance, also known as the sacrificial dance in the tribe, is not something that everyone can learn.
Every year after the end of winter, during the festival of wind and snow, fifty people will be selected, and they are qualified to stand next to the fire pit and perform the sacrificial dance. These fifty people are the elites recognized by the tribe.
However, according to Shao Xuan's knowledge, among the list of fifty people, there have always been young warriors with several years of hunting experience, as well as some people who have made great contributions to the tribe. Those who entered the list of fifty people, let alone, Shao Xuan has only awakened for a year now.
It sounds absurd at first.
When Lao Ke heard the messenger say this, his first reaction was that he didn't believe it, and normal people in the tribe would not believe it, but the messenger also made it clear that it was Wu who decided, so Shao Xuan should hurry to prepare.
No wonder Lao Ke was so excited.
As a very important part of the tribal sacrificial ceremony, in addition to the selection of candidates, it must also follow the ancient teachings passed down by the tribe. As for the so-called ancient teachings, Shao Xuan has never fully understood them. It seems that the ancient teachings are not just simple admonitions.
Since there is no one around Shao Xuan who can teach the sacrificial dance, even the Buckwheat couple has never learned it, so there is no need to look for people at the foot of the mountain, and Shao Xuan can only go up the mountain to find the witch.
Early the next morning, Shao Xuan ran to Wu with the stone box.
Wu is discussing the upcoming sacrificial ceremony with the leader and the two big leaders. There are many things that need to be prepared in advance.
Seeing Shao Xuan's arrival, the two big bosses and leader Ao Qiqi looked at him with very subtle eyes. Shao Xuan's addition to the list of fifty people was beyond their expectations, but that day, when the witch called them over, they directly Said to let Shao Xuanjin.
They knew about the one-year appointment of the juniors, and they also knew that Shao Xuan only blocked Tai with one move. In terms of strength, Shao Xuan was indeed the best among the young warriors who had awakened in the past two years, which was undeniable. In addition, he had indeed established great achievements last year, so when Wu decided to let Shao Xuan enter the list of fifty people, the two leaders and leaders did not object.
In the eyes of the tribe, it is an honor to be included in the list of fifty people, but the two leaders who know the secrets of it have more ideas. Every year, they try to recommend the members of their hunting team to the witch. , the competition place.
In addition to these few, Shao Xuan also met Tuo here.
"Ah Xuan, I asked Tuo to teach you the sacrificial dance. As for painting," the smile on the witch's face deepened, "you can stop for a while."
The leader Ao looked at Wu and Shao Xuan, always feeling that something happened that he didn't know about. However, Wu was like this sometimes, and it was difficult for people to guess what he was thinking.
"Okay." Shao Xuan replied.
No longer staying in the stone house, Shao Xuan followed Tuo away.
The place where Tuo lived was on the mountain, and it didn't take long to arrive. Moreover, Tuo is also on the list of fifty people this year.
Tuo's fathers and grandparents have been selected into the list of fifty people, so such an ancient dance has also been passed down, he does not need to find someone to learn, he is very familiar, otherwise Wu will not let him teach Shao mysterious.
In fact, when he received Wu's instructions, Tuo was also very surprised. After all, Shao Xuan was still young, and he was only a junior totem warrior who had only been awakened for a year. He could be included in the list of fifty. Probably because he found the ancestor, Tuo thought.
"I learned the sacrificial dance a long time ago, it's not difficult." Tuo said, "I'll dance it first, you watch."
After Tuo finished speaking, he started to jump up in the room. Shao Xuan thought those movements were still very funny, not aesthetically pleasing, and didn't feel very harmonious. There was also a dishwashing movement. However, when Tuo danced, his facial expression was very serious, as if he was doing something grand, even if it was just a demonstration action, it was not sloppy at all.
After the dance, Tuo guided Shao Xuan little by little.
"Bend your torso forward, like this...hands back..."
Shao Xuan learns from Tuo, swinging his arms up, down, forward and back, sometimes slapping his arms and thighs, or shaking, stepping, making strong rhythmic sounds, and moving forward, backward, left and right with the footsteps , Sometimes it is necessary to lean forward in a square step, then squat, then jump with one and two feet, and then a horse-riding step, such as holding a horse pole in the arm, and add a three-step and one-return movement...
In a previous life, Shao Xuan would probably lie down with a smile when he saw such a dance. But now, he had to bite the bullet and sullen his face to show seriousness.
Although there is no accompaniment such as skin drums and whistles to beat the rhythm, the dance steps still have to maintain a specific rhythm.
Not only the movement, Tuo told Shao Xuan that when the sacrificial dance is beating, it also needs to cooperate with the power of the totem, and there are other ways to cooperate with the breathing. These are also "ancient teachings".
In general, Shao Xuan came to a conclusion: when the sacrificial dance is beating, it also requires meditation and a specific breathing method!
What is the use of such a combination? Now Tuo didn't say it, but Shao Xuan could guess that it should be related to fire or totem.
Shao Xuan has heard people say that the earliest form of human expression is the expression of dance posture and human body movements. Dance and body movements are also a behavioral language to express people's passions and desires.
Here, the sacrificial dance is used to communicate with the fire and totem, so it is necessary to perceive when it is beating.
Thinking that this is used in sacrifices, and thinking about the two big bosses arguing every year for the quota, maybe this sacrifice dance will really be beneficial.
Just like Tuo said, the action is actually very simple and can be remembered very quickly. Among them, the most important thing is how to meditate when beating, and cooperate with specific breathing methods, and not to mess around.
When it was almost noon, Shao Xuan had already learned those movements.
"Yes, you learned very quickly, and there was no mistake just now." Tuo said.
Shao Xuan moved his arm, nodded and said, "I have to practice well after I go back."
"It's to practice well, and don't make mistakes when the time comes." Tuo restrained the smile on his face and said solemnly, "If you still have doubts, you can come and ask me." Since Wu handed this task to him, he She has to be responsible for teaching Shao Xuan.
Sacrificial ceremony, can not go wrong!
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When the last snowflakes fell, the sky cleared and the moon reappeared, the tribe came alive again after a winter's silence.
The witch has already notified the tribe of the time for the sacrifice of the Wind Snow Festival.
On the day of the sacrifice, Shao Xuan took a good bath. This is what everyone in the tribe must do before the sacrifice. As for the group of cubs in the cave, they were dragged out to brush meat yesterday.
Caesar and Cha Cha stayed at home and didn't go out. Cha Cha was very obedient today and didn't go anywhere. He seemed to have a premonition that he didn't stay on the roof and got into the house early in the morning. Beasts have always had a natural instinct to avoid danger.
"Come on, put it on and try to jump." Lao Ke took out the leather jacket of the thorns and black wind that had been cleaned up and let Shao Xuan get used to it first. He was even more nervous than Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan's face twitched, he took the clothes from Lao Ke's hand and wore this prickly leather.
When it comes to dancing in the past, most of them are women with graceful postures, swinging their hips and shoulders, with light and coordinated steps, the dancers are comfortable, and the viewers are fascinated.
But now, Shao Xuan felt that he was wearing this skin and showing his teeth and claws. Fortunately, today the tribes are all dressed in such savagery, group beasts.
Lao Ke had already painted patterns on his face with plant paint, but Shao Xuan did not. He needed to go up the mountain ahead of time. The patterns on the faces of the fifty people were all drawn by Wu himself, and the colors were different from Lao Ke and the others.
"Then I'll go up the mountain first." Shao Xuan walked out the door wearing a black thorn leather jacket.
"Okay, hurry up, I'll go with Ge and the others later." Lao Ke waved his hand, motioning Shao Xuan to set off quickly, don't let Wu Jiu wait. Fifty people, just Shao Xuan down the mountain, don't let people look down on it.
In front of Wu's stone house, everyone else had already arrived in advance. Many people had already learned from the two big bosses that Shao Xuan was going to join, so when they saw Shao Xuan, they were more surprised and didn't say much. For them, today is a very serious and solemn day, how can they think about anything else
By the time Wu drew patterns for the fifty of them, it was already dark.
"Let's go," said a middle-aged man in the team.
Because of his awakening totem power, Shao Xuan has grown a lot in the past year, but among a group of tall adult warriors, Shao Xuan is still very conspicuous. He is the shortest, even if he wears animal skins, others will know. That's one who hasn't grown up yet.
"How could he be there!" whispered some people walking to the top of the mountain.
"Who is that?"
"It's Ah Xuan! I know that thorny black wind skin!"
Shao Xuan is the only one who wears thorny black skin and is still at this age.
"He's really not in the wrong place? How could he be in the fifty? How old is he?"
"Shut up! That's Wu's decision!"
In the crowd, there was shock and envy.
Lang Ga and others have already learned the truth from Lao Ke's mouth, but even now, they are still a little unbelievable. The list of fifty people was something they had wanted since they were children, but now, it was obtained by someone much younger than themselves.
On a circle of wooden stakes beside the fire pond, stone basins have been filled with fresh fruits for sacrifice, meat of ferocious beasts, etc. as sacrifices.
Shao Xuan followed the team and walked to a wooden stake, which was his current position.
The sacrifice was about to start. There were already many people on the top of the mountain, and some people went up the mountain one after another. There were still many people in the crowd discussing Shao Xuan. As the youngest among the 50, and the only one in the past 100 years to be able to join the 50 after only one year of awakening, it will naturally become a topic of discussion for everyone.
This year, there are more than 80 children who are about to awaken, two more than last year, including Tu and Jieba from the cave, and the Sunshine brothers and sisters from Buckwheat's family.
The sky has completely darkened.
It was still the same as the steps in Shao Xuan's memory, one by one, and when Wu finally began to sing, Shao Xuan clearly felt the change in the totem in his mind.
At the same time, the flame in the middle of the fire, which seemed to be difficult to burn even the stakes, jumped up and rolled up sharply, as if a barrel of oil had been poured into it, and it had begun to expand and spread in the blink of an eye.
As a totem warrior, the perception of totem is naturally stronger, and the rising flame in the fire pool drives the totem in my mind to expand.
When the fire pool is full of flames, the top of the flames, the double-horned totem wrapped by the flames, also appears.