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

An ancient painting is seen on the roof of a hall where an ethnic Naxi
Orchestra is performing 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 China's 56 ethnic groups. Picture taken July 23, 2006. [Reuters]
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