The style of Rococo is much lighter, both in topics and style. While Baroque dealt with obscure subjects in a passionate way (for example, Caravaggio's street brawls, alcoholism, lunacy, terrifying Medusa with the artist's own face), and had heavily ornamented style in architecture and music, Rococo artists had an inclination toward pastoral scenes with shepherds or mythological figures, family life or members of the upper classes. So, Rococo paintings were optimistic, idyllic, shallow, devoid of dark undertones.
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Without looking at the photo, (none attached), I would assume that there is a lot of red involved. A simple answer would be that the colour red is a symbol of prosperity and luck in Chinese tradition. This is also seen in many Chinese festivities, especially during the Lunar New Year.
In countries such as the U.S, the colour white symbolises purity and longevity, but has deeper origins, such as that the colour white was used to signify a family's wealth, as in the past it was difficult to keep white clothing clean and hence only the rich would own them.
Similarly, red (and yellow) clothing used to be reserved for Chinese Emperors, hence today they are worn to symbolise a position of wealth and status.
The origins of African dance is Africa and the West Indies. They are the two main origins of African dance.
