歌仔戲 or Taiwanese opera, called "gezi xi" or "gezai xi" in Chinese and pronounced "koa-a-hi" in Taiwanese, is the only form of Han traditional drama known to have originated in Taiwan. The name 歌仔戲 literally means "song-drama." So, as you can imagine, there are a great number of singing parts (that is, songs in particular types of tunes) in each play. The songs in a play, just like the monologues and dialogues in it, can clearly tell the audience what is happening to the character(s) who is/are singing. And, characteristically, most of the tunes they use in the Taiwanese opera are traditionally fixed, and therefore quite familiar to the local audience who speak Taiwanese and who are 50 years old or older.
I myself like to see a Taiwanese opera sometimes. I really enjoy seeing one on a special occasion like this (See photos below): On this very Sunday, right after service at St. James', my family and I went to a birthday party held for a relative of ours who is 60 years old. And in the afternoon we saw a typical "koa-a-hi" (that was performed outdoors) right in front of his house.
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