Dec-16 11:15 BUSINESS
Primary School Teaches Folk Dance to Pupils to Promote Tradi
A girl of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School poses for a photo while practicing Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Munao Dancing is a traditional folk dance of Jingpo ethnic group which was enlisted as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Performers dance in two long lines to drums and gongs with swords and crossbows in hands. Yingpan Ethnic Primary School has been teaching the dance to pupils since 2014 to promote this tradition.
Girls dressed up in traditional dress prepare to practice Munao Dancing at Yingpan Ethnic Primary School in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Aerial view of pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practicing Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Aerial view of pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practicing Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Shi Legan of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School teaches Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Aerial view of pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practicing Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Shi Legan of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School teaches Munao Dancing during a break in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practi es Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
Pupils of Yingpan Ethnic Primary School practices Munao Dancing in Xishan Township of Mangshi City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2019. [Xinhua/Hu Chao]
(Source: Xinhua)
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