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Episode details

Radio 3,14 Jun 2008,60 mins

SeriesWorld Routes in China

Music of the Hani and Yi People

World Routes

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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.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cha War Hge
    Cha War Hge
    Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province
  3. 2.
    Indoor Love Song (Evening Music)
    Indoor Love Song (Evening Music)
    Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province
  4. 3.
    BBC Recording
    BBC Recording
    Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province