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Older women in traditional clothing teaching songs to children in modern coats in a Chinese village
February 28, 2021

Musical Traditions

In Dimen, a small village in Guizhou Province, China, children learn traditional songs from elders. The Dong people have no written version of their language, Kam, so it is passed down orally, often through song.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, Nat Geo Image Collection

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