Tibetan play is an important cultural component of Tibetans' social life. Called "Ace Lhamo" in Tibetan, it is very popular in Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan Provinces where many Tibetans live. This art form carries strong flavors of ...
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Tajik is one of ancient ethnic groups in China and lives mainly in Tajik Autonomous Region of Tashkurghan, Xinjiang. Others are distributed in Shache, Yecheng, Zepu and other counties east to Tajik. They regard eagle as the strong and hero. ...
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The most celebrated music in Xinjiang today is Uygur folk music, which has inherited the fine traditions of the ancient music of Qiuci, Gaochang (Karahoja),Yizhou, Shule and Yutian. Due to the particular geography of ...
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Lanvin Fall 2012 Campaign Features “Real People” After presenting the exclusive “HAPPY” anniversary capsule collection featuring 10 key themes, Lanvin unveiled an unusual ad campaign, that instantly ...
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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world", is filled with far-stretching mountains, lofty icy peaks and precipitous deep valleys. The Himalayas, the world's highest peak Everest, Gangdisi Mountains and the Buddhism sacred ...
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Gaoshan people are good at singing and dancing ever from the ancient times. Almost all the dinners, get-togethers or big activities cannot do without the lyrical songs and dance. Gaoshan dance has distinct primitive color, simulating, ...
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The Yi ethnic group has many branches. Some still live in extremely cold areas and their dances vary. The Moonlight Dance of Axi, popular in Lunan and Mile of Yunnan Province, is a kind of mass dance of Axi and Sani people of the Yi ethnic ...
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The Wutu dance of Tu minority is popular in Nianduhu Village, Tongren County, Qinghai Province. It is a unique folk custom and culture in that area and is celebrated from 5th to 20th Nov. of lunar calendar each year, including reciting ...
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On the boundless pasture in North China, there live the Chinese herdsmen -- the Mongolian ethnic minority. They love the grassland, love dancing and singing. The Mongolian people created a lot of dances and music, of which the most famous ...
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Cigarette case dance of Yi ethnic group in Shiping, also known as "tiaoxian" or "longzong", is a kind of folk dance loved by the people of Nisupo tribe of Yi ethnic group. It goes around Gejiu, Shiping, Jianshui, Mengzi, Kaiyuan, Tonghai, ...
Commonly called "the ghost opera" or "the ghost dance", the exorcizing dance is a kind of dance originated from the ancient exorcizing culture. It is honored as "the living fossil of Chinese dance". The exorcizing dance derived from the ...
"Lurigele" is a kind of representative folk dance in Daur. It differs in different places, and has several different names such as "Ahanbo", "Langtudabei", "Hakumai" , "Hagenmaigele" and so on. In the inhabited district of Daur Minority ...
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Guyi Exorcising Opera in Wu'an County, Handan City, is developed from the ancient exorcising ceremony, exorcising music, exorcising dance and the custom of exorcising. It is various in kinds and characters and is the quintessence of the ...
The population of the Bouyei Nationality is 2,545, 059. Most of the Bouyei people live in Qiannan and Qianxinan Bouyei Miao autonomous prefectures and Duyun, Dushan, Pingtang and Zhenning counties of Guizhou Province. Others live scattered ...
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Originated from the primitive sacrificial dance, the Tujia hand-swinging dance of western Hu'nan is a folk dance most characteristic of the Tujia nationality and best representative of the age-old Tujia traditions. The dance is mainly ...
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