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Jilly_in_VA

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Sat Oct 14, 2023, 06:03 PM Oct 2023

Chinese female drill team in Seattle challenges image of an 'American girl'

Forget the typical homecoming parade featuring a drill team doing high kicks or throwing batons. This troop marches to an entirely different beat.

The Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, which has about 30 high school members, introduces the Chinese culture to the masses by waving large colorful flags at cultural festivals and events each year, all while wearing highly ornamented Cantonese opera costumes and marching in military formation.

This drill team gets the spotlight in a new documentary, “She Marches in Chinatown,” that tells the story of a one-of-a-kind cultural tradition. The group subverts the idea of what being an American girl looks and feels like.

“What it is to be a good Chinese girl? What does it mean to be a good American girl? It’s really hard to figure out what that is when you’re growing up,” a member of the drill team said in the documentary’s trailer.

In Seattle, generation after generation of Asian American girls have carried on a one-of-kind legacy for over 70 years by joining a team that combines Chinese opera costumes and American military drills.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/chinese-female-drill-team-seattle-challenges-image-american-girl-rcna119936

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Chinese female drill team in Seattle challenges image of an 'American girl' (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 OP
Really nice. Video at link. LakeArenal Oct 2023 #1
Stunning !! Karadeniz Oct 2023 #2
I grew up in Seattle and saw the drill team in many parades QED Oct 2023 #3

QED

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3. I grew up in Seattle and saw the drill team in many parades
Sun Oct 15, 2023, 08:50 AM
Oct 2023

Their precision was astounding and their costumes stunning.

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