Dance Parties

In traditional Khatso culture, young people would often gather for dance parties in the countryside after their daily chores were done. These parties, which have a dedicated verb na53p?31, included group singing and dancing that would often continue until dawn. In this excerpt, Khu?i44 Li24 ¿üÀö (KL) asks life-long friends Ja31 Tsi24f?i44 Ñî½ø·Ò (YJF) and Kua44 Tsh?i33su?i24 ¹Ù²Ê˳ (GCS), women born in the 1930s, to describe the parties of their youth. This conversation was recorded on April 8, 2013 in Xingmeng.