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Traditional Naxi music performance
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-25 17:24

An ethnic Naxi Orchestra performs traditional music in Lijiang, southwestern China's Yunnan province, July 23, 2006. The orchestra performs music that has a history of more than one thousand years, and it claims to be the oldest orchestra in the world, with 440 years of history. The Naxi people are concentrated in northwestern Yunnan and are one of China's 56 ethnic groups. Picture taken July 23, 2006.

An ethnic Naxi Orchestra performs traditional music in Lijiang, southwestern China's Yunnan province, July 23, 2006. The orchestra performs music that has a history of more than one thousand years, and it claims to be the oldest orchestra in the world, with 440 years of history. The Naxi people are concentrated in northwestern Yunnan and are one of China's 56 ethnic groups. Picture taken July 23, 2006. [Reuters]


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