r/nextfuckinglevel • u/StemCellPirate • 3h ago

The lion dance in full effect!

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u/X0_92 3h ago

So this is the new video that will be spammed for weeks by bots?

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u/Flynb 3h ago

Rare actually next level post. Hard to comprehend the level of skill and co ordination needed for this

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u/ImNotJoaquinPhoenix 3h ago

I was just thinking this is next level. Then I saw the sub I was in. 🤝

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u/SnooWalruses9173 3h ago

So there's people in the dragon? Thanks for ruining the magic

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u/Cferretrun 2h ago

It’s not the dragon we became but the friends we made under its skin along the way.

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u/BobJoeBlo 1h ago

They gotta eat too, and people are apparently delicious for some of them.

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u/SnooWalruses9173 1h ago

But then they will be hungry an hour later

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u/BobJoeBlo 1h ago

They use the festival as a cover-up to eat the attendees.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG 2h ago

The jumps are actually really impressive.

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u/maximusbawbagimus 3h ago

A thought these videos get took down if they are put on more than once, im fuckin sick of seeing the same shit day in day out melting my fuckin brain, its a dragon aswell ya cabbage

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u/Wittyngritty 2h ago

Maybe take a break for a bit so you're not seeing it all the time.

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u/The-Defenestr8tor 3h ago

That must require incredible strength! Must take years of training at the gym, before you can even learn the dance.

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u/EmotionalSupportSush 2h ago

The amount of training for this! As a kid i have always dream of being on the lion dance team and beg my parents to let me join the temples team. After 2 years of training back then they made me the fat guy with the fan. I don’t have the coordination for it

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u/AbeFromanEast 3h ago

Instead of falling off individual pylons why not just make a continuous walkway with 2x4's and plywood?

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u/joopface 3h ago

The difficulty caused by the jumping is part of the performance. Making it easier would lose part of the point.

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u/AbeFromanEast 3h ago

Thanks for explaining!

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u/MERCIFUL_UND3AD 3h ago

I feel like the leaping makes it feel more like flight than walking could.

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u/ReadditMan 3h ago

So just make it boring?

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u/arbitrageME 3h ago

Why do the practice posts have to be so far off the ground?

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u/hyperactiveChipmunk 3h ago

At some point, you have to practice with the height. Otherwise your performance environment is different than the practice environment and the risk of falling and injury is now a new, unfamiliar element that you haven't prepared for.

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u/PeaceAlien 3h ago

Would have liked to see a version where I can’t see the people or the setup like at an actual show

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u/Background-Way9698 2h ago

How tf did she slide down???

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u/Love_Vigilantes_586 2h ago

There are lots of other crazy dismounts. I'm a lion dancer, but not at this skill level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF55Fmz19iM

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u/MoonMoon143 2h ago

Theres me with broken back when i try to avoid spilled water on the floor

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 1h ago

She's so slick with that dismount, no hands and holding a heavy weight.

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u/klaw14 1h ago

Ohhhh so THAT'S what Zac meant when he said he had stuff on after school. It was LION DANCING. I was always so confused and remembered thinking to myself "wow for a Chinese kid, he must really like his line dancing". 🤣

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u/doubleflusher 1h ago

For the first second or two, I thought that lead guy was playing a trombone

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u/SerFuxAlot 1h ago

I recognize this type of dormitory. There’s a very sad reason why these kids are so good. The performing arts in China are brutal. These kids’ entire lives are training and performing. They don’t get an education. They don’t get a social life. They rarely see their parents. They don’t get paid. Or if they do, the money goes to reimburse their training costs or room and board. If they get injured, they get thrown out of the troupe.

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u/sufee2 1h ago

Talent!

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u/BobJoeBlo 1h ago

Ok, I'm impressed. This is fantastic work of art and skillful dedication. Most impressive.

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u/StemCellPirate 3h ago

Amazing human agility and coordination!

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u/Rude_Map_4278 3h ago

unglaublich nerviger re re re post

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u/StemCellPirate 3h ago

Name checks out.