Dear Peter,
Good commentary, as usual! And the questions you posed are most apt, viz:
It is said that one can ride a tiger, but the danger comes when the rider tries to dismount.
Good commentary, as usual! And the questions you posed are most apt, viz:
It is said that one can ride a tiger, but the danger comes when the rider tries to dismount.
The current state of emergency brought the analogy to mind, as we wonder how and when Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will return the country to normalcy. Having mounted that tiger, and controlling it for the time being, what will happen when she dismounts?
Perhaps the answer will be found in the following tale?
There is a folk dance called “Dance of Bull Fighting Against Tiger” which is very popular in Ongnigod Banner of Chi Feng City, Inner Mongolia.
It is performed by four people, among whom two act as a bull (one as bull's head, the other as the bull's tail), one acts as a tiger and the last one acts as a woodcutter.
The performance paces through four stages:
Perhaps the answer will be found in the following tale?
There is a folk dance called “Dance of Bull Fighting Against Tiger” which is very popular in Ongnigod Banner of Chi Feng City, Inner Mongolia.
It is performed by four people, among whom two act as a bull (one as bull's head, the other as the bull's tail), one acts as a tiger and the last one acts as a woodcutter.
The performance paces through four stages:
- The bull, the tiger and the woodcutter come onto stage together to form a triangle
- The bull fights against the tiger
- The bull and the tiger lie down to have a rest
- The bull fights against the tiger fiercely and then the quick-witted woodcutter fights against the tiger by trickery and beats it to death
The dance has been spread for nearly a hundred years.
According to a legend, in the ancient times there lived a red-haired tiger near Ulaanban Village and it often came to the village to cause disturbance. So this place was once called “Ulaan Bar” which means “red tiger” in Mongolian.
The people who suffered a lot from the tiger decided to collaborate to fight the tiger and finally succeeded in beating it to death.
Afterward, the villagers invented a dance imitating a bull's fight against a tiger to celebrate the victory.
Later, with the arrival of many new migrants, new movements have been added to the dance, such as “somersaulting”, which give highlight to the bull-fighter's distinguished moral qualities: brave, quick-witted and strong-minded.
According to a legend, in the ancient times there lived a red-haired tiger near Ulaanban Village and it often came to the village to cause disturbance. So this place was once called “Ulaan Bar” which means “red tiger” in Mongolian.
The people who suffered a lot from the tiger decided to collaborate to fight the tiger and finally succeeded in beating it to death.
Afterward, the villagers invented a dance imitating a bull's fight against a tiger to celebrate the victory.
Later, with the arrival of many new migrants, new movements have been added to the dance, such as “somersaulting”, which give highlight to the bull-fighter's distinguished moral qualities: brave, quick-witted and strong-minded.
[See:http://www.asiavtour.com/China_Inner%20Mongolia_Arts%20and%20Crafts_a169_s17.html]
Why I chose this tale by way of reply/comment on your commentary?
Well! Kamla is a Taurus, inno? And we, the people who damn fed-up with the tiger's marauding antics are formed into a partnership, ent?
'Nuff said!
I gone!
Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
Why I chose this tale by way of reply/comment on your commentary?
Well! Kamla is a Taurus, inno? And we, the people who damn fed-up with the tiger's marauding antics are formed into a partnership, ent?
'Nuff said!
I gone!
Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
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