Lijiang

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214 Lijiang.jpg (39848 bytes) Naxi orchestra performing in a lovely building in Lijiang Old Town.

While the women take care of business the men are the keepers of the musical tradition.  Many of these instruments spent decades under the earth, hidden during the Cultural Revolution.
As well as Taoist temple and ancient Han  music there is song and dance. 

The capes are used even today to protect the women's backs from the baskets they always seem to be carrying.  When wearing the cape she is ready to 'carry the burden of Heaven on her back'.

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216 Lijiang.jpg (39895 bytes) We are often stuck by apparent similarities between Naxi and North American Indian culture.
A Dongba (Naxi shaman) demonstrates the unique 1000 year old Naxi pictographic script.

 

 

 

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