Dance extravaganza flaunts national cultural diversity

Dancers perform a traditional Tibetan dance at China’s 7th Ethnic Culture and Art Festival in conjunction with the 2nd National Excellent Ethnic Dance Performance held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on July 8, 2017. The event attracted hundreds of dancers across a range of traditions to perform assorted and striking dances. [Photo/Xinhua]

This green-themed Hani dance, connected to the ethnic group that originates from Yunnan province, Southwest China, offered audiences a flavor of one of China’s many distinctive dance style. With a population of nearly 1.4 million, the Hani people are renowned for farming terraced fields and their continuing practice of traditional worshipping rituals. [Photo/Xinhua]