lion dance - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This dance is said to have been first performed in a village as a celebration for defeating the evil Nian (“n’YEN”). For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this ceremonial dance for pairs of performers who are traditionally made to climb atop each other while wearing a certain costume to retrieve heads of lettuce often placed in high locations.

ANSWER: lion dance [or wǔshī or barongsai]

[10e] The lion dance is traditionally performed during this Chinese holiday. The lettuce heads that the dancers are made to retrieve are attached to the auspicious red envelopes often given to children on this holiday.

ANSWER: Chinese New Year [or Lunar New Year or Spring Festival or Chūnjié]

[10m] The Chinese lion dance is referred to as barongsai in this country, whose own dances involving lion heads include reog (“ree-yogh”). Many dances in this country are accompanied by its traditional gamelan ensemble.

ANSWER: Republic of Indonesia [or Republik Indonesia]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	16.67	83%	33%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	13.64	100%	27%	9%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	16.67	89%	67%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%

Data


Binghamton A	RIT C	0	10	10	20
Cornell E	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	Binghamton C	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	RIT A	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell F	0	10	10	20
U of Rochester A	Syracuse	0	10	0	10
U of Rochester B	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Cornell G	ESF	10	10	0	20
CWRU A (UG)	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
CWRU B (DII)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	0	10
Miami C (DII)	West Virginia A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C (DII)	Michigan B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan A (UG)	Michigan D (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Ohio State B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Miami A (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Alberta	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
UW Gluttony	Boise State	10	10	0	20
UW Greed	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Pride	UBC B	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	UW Sloth	0	10	10	20
UW Wrath	UBC A	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Emory Oxford	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Furman	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Belmont	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Missisippi State	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Southern	0	10	0	10
Clemson B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
VCU	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
UNC B	Duke A	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	UNC D	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech B	NC State	10	10	0	20
UNC A	Duke B	0	10	10	20
UNC C	Appalachian State A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary	Virginia	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD	0	10	0	10
USC	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
Columbia A (UG)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Fordham A	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Penn A (DII)	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Maryland A (DII)	0	10	10	20
NYU A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30