In the beverage market, brands are exploring new formats. As Amanda Roberts finds, traditional packs are constantly being challenged The UK beverage packaging market is experiencing a breakdown in pre-conceptions of the packaging formats ...
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Belgium-After initial shoot-outs involving lighting designers and a visit to the PLASA trade show in London in September,Belgium-based event production supplier Phlippo Showlights made an investment in the new Martin Professional MAC Viper ...
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USA-Carnival,the wildly festive celebration popular in areas with sizeable Catholic and,to a lesser extent,Eastern Orthodox populations,has its roots among most of the islands in the Caribbean.While the largest and most well-known ...
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Several overseas textiles and handicraft firms are now increasingly participating in Indian trade fairs and shopping festivals in Malaysia, which is adversely impacting the business of Indian entrepreneurs in Malaysia, according to Bernama. ...
Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority is the myth of poetic style that takes creation as its main contents. It is popular in the residence area of Miao, an ethnic group of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ...
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Big Drum Dance is a kind of folk dance which has a long history and profound influence on the common people, and it is spreading in Jinuo villages in Jinuoshan Jinuo Town of Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan ...
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Hero-praising dance also can be called "Eagle Song", or "Parrot" or "Yangge". It's a kind of folk square dancing integrating dance, essential of southern style boxing, Chinese opera and acting. Its performance manner is vigorous and heroic, ...
People of the Chinese Miao Ethnic Group, dwelling in southeast Guizhou Province, enjoy many ancient and distinctive traditions. A couple of favorite customs are playing lusheng (reed-pipe wind) and the stool dance, both of which continue to ...
Yulin ditty is a folk art form in which the actors sit to perform with instrumental accompaniments. It is popular in the downtown area of Yulin City in northwestern Shaanxi Province of China. Story has it that it was brought in by geishas ...
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Singing is a custom of the Yao young people in Jinping, Yunnan Province. Young men visit friends or relatives during festivals where they must sing a song expressing their gratitude to the host so they can enter his or her home. After ...
The Blang ethnic minority is one of the oldest peoples in Yunnan Province, living mainly in the mountainous area of Meng Hai County of Dai autonomous prefecture in Xishuangbanna. Their earliest record can be traced back to the Han Dynasty ...
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Population and Language: Southwest of the Gansu Province, the area of Mt. Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang, and Salar Autonomous County is home to the Bonan ethnic minority. With a population of just sixteen thousand, they are one of the ...
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The main distribution of the Bai people is in the Dali Bai Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, together with Lijiang, Kunming, Yuanjiang, Guizhou and so on. According to the census taken in 2000, the Bai ethnic group numbered some ...
With a population of 33,936 (in 2000), the Achang ethnic minority lives mainly in the Dehong Dai - Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. They lived in the reaches of Nu River as long ago as the 2nd century, and then migrated ...
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The Lusheng Dance is a traditional folk dance popular among ethnic minorities like the Dong, Miao, Yi, Wa, Nu, Dai etc. It is also known as "Lusheng Steps in the Hall" or "Lusheng Tramping". The dance originated from ancient ritual dances ...
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