Popular in Sichuan,Guizhou and Yunnan,Chuanju(Sichuan opera)is the major form of local opera in southwestern China.A combination of several local opera forms,such as kunqu,gaoqiang,huqin,tanxi and dengxi,it developed around the middle of ...
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"Wish-Redeeming Dance", called "Feitao" in the Maonan language, is a general term of Maonan's activities related to redeeming a wish or other activities. It was prevalent during the transition from the Ming to Qing Dynasty. The dance was ...
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Once upon a time in a certain place there lived three men who all had the same name -- Genjia. One was the tribal chief, the second a carpenter, and the third the chief's steward. Genjia the carpenter was married to an exceptionally ...
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Mulian Opera got its name from a play named Mulian Rescues His Mother. As the oldest theatric genre, it can be called the ancestor of dramas. Mulian Opera is a theatric performance which is preserved in folk conventional activities. Its ...
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According to Chinese legend, the mighty Pangu, above, broke through the chaos with his strength and axe to create the world as we know it. It may seem that every culture has its own tale about the creation of the world and the beginnings ...
The Uygur ethnic minority, with a population of 8,399,393 according to the national census in 2000, lives mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions, especially to the south of Mt. Tianshan. The Uygur have their own language and ...
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“Thousand-mu fertile farmland, and ten-mile red dowry.” Influenced by the thriving local economy since the Ming Dynasty and the traditional Chinese wedding customs, people in east Zhejiang Province generally married off their ...
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South Africa - With a reputation of putting on superb musicals for the past 35 years, the Ligbron Academy of Technology for high school students in Ermelo outdid themselves with the production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. For a ...
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While the risk of being hacked,conned or having sensitive information stolen is possible all through the year,most security experts agree that the holiday season brings a spike in fraudulent activity,both online and off. CSO compiled a ...
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With summer taking its final bow for the year,it's time to evaluate the fashion choices for the coming cooler months as ICONIC gets wardrobe ready with a bang on trend collection.While SS'12 was all about dusky pastels,tribal ...
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The new Moby Duck slots game at Lucky Club Casino is a light-hearted twist to the classic tale of high seas adventure.Its Ship scatter symbol triggers up to 50 free games and five-of-a-kind pays 10,000 times the line bet.Like many of the ...
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Talon International Inc announced the appointment of Herman Roup as V.P.of Operations-Tekfit Division to direct the Company's efforts to remind retailers regarding the advantages of the advanced,patented stretch-waistband technology ...
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The Silicon Valley dream of the sixties,seventies and eighties is no longer an option for modern IT startups,current financial and technological realities meaning new companies would be better selling up than branching out. This is the ...
UK-Three years ago,entertainment lighting specialist White Light supplied lighting equipment to an innovative new production of the timeless classic Peter Pan,staged in a giant tent in London's Kensington Gardens.This summer,White Light has ...
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Evanescent,fragile,sensual and delicate,the silhouette of butterflies always inspired fairy tale moods.Their pulsing dance in a flower field and the deadly attraction to light inspired the story of exuberantly floral Madly Kenzo scent. ...
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