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Last broadcast on Sat, 20 Jun 2009, 15:00 on BBC Radio 3 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
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.
Rice terraces of Yuanyang said to be the largest and most beautiful in the world
Hani musicians performing in Ar Zha he town in Honghe Couty, Yunnan Province china
Hani Grass instruments
Yi musicians in Ar Zha he
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
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Chapter 1
00:00
Lucy Duran is in the mountains of the Yunnan Province hearing the traditional music of the Yi people, one of the 55 minorities of China.
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Music Played
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Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Cha War Hge
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Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Indoor Love Song (Evening Music)
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Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — BBC Recording
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Chapter 2
00:10
Lucy arrives at a small town in the mountains of Yunnan Province. Lucy finds herself an attraction to the locals who rarely see westerners.
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Music Played
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Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Wu Chu a ci
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Chapter 3
00:18
With musicians high in the mountains of Yunnan Province. Lucy talks to them about their instruments (made from leaves) and describes how the different sounds are made.
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Music Played
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Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Wedding Lament
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Chapter 4
00:28
Lucy and her guide hear a song and dance performed by the Yi people in Yunnan Province. Lucy talks the province’s geographical significance and its many problems.
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Music Played
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Yi Musicians in Ar Zhe he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Song and Dance
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Hani Musicians in Ar Zha he, Honghe County, Yunnan Province — Hani Festival Song
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Chapter 5
00:36
Lucy in the capital of Yunnan with professor Zhang, a leading expert on the music of the Yunnan.
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Chapter 6
00:42
Lucy and her guide, Anxi, are on the road to their next destination, Shi Ping. Lucy reflects on changes in Yunnan and Anxi tells her about the local speciality of tofu.
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Music Played
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Yi Musicians of the Flower Waist branch — Untitled Dance
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Yi Musicians of the Flower Waist branch — Circle Dance of Joy
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Chapter 7
00:53
Lucy reflects on the people and music she has heard in the Yunnan Province. She expresses her concern over the threat that modern Chinese life poses to the continuation of the musical culture.
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Music Played
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Hani Musicians — Wu chu a ci
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Broadcasts
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Sat 14 Jun 200815:00
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Sat 20 Jun 200915:00
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