Dai opera: China's Intangible Cultural Heritage

A local villager performs Dai opera in Fengping Town, Luxi City of the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec.16, 2007. Dai opera is a unique ethnic opera in Yunnan Province, which goes round mainly in the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong. It has been put on China's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in the year of 2006. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)


A local villager dresses up before rehearsing Dai opera in Fengping Town, Luxi City of the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec.16, 2007. Dai opera is a unique ethnic opera in Yunnan Province, which goes round mainly in the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong. It has been put on China's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in the year of 2006. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)


A local villager makes face-painting before rehearsing Dai opera in Fengping Town, Luxi City of the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec.16, 2007. Dai opera is a unique ethnic opera in Yunnan Province, which goes round mainly in the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong. It has been put on China's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in the year of 2006.(Xinhua/Song Weiwei)


Local villagers rehearse Dai opera in Fengping Town, Luxi City of the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec.16, 2007. Dai opera is a unique ethnic opera in Yunnan Province, which goes round mainly in the Dai and Jingpo Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong. It has been put on China's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in the year of 2006. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)