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World Routes in China -Part 1: Music of the Hani and Yi People

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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In a programme recorded on location in China, Lucy Duran explores the music of three of the country's 56 different ethnic groups. Featuring the songs of the Hani and Yi people in Yunnan Province. Living high up in the mountains near the borders with Vietnam, Laos and Burma, they make instruments from grass to accompany songs that were born in the world's most spectacular paddy fields. Show less

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