Naxi ethnic culture brought into school

2009-09-07 14:24 BJT

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Chinese children dressed in traditional costumes learn to paint during a class
about the culture of Naxi ethnic group at a primary school in Lijiang city,
southwest China's Yunnan province, September 4, 2009. Naxi is an ethnic group
inhabiting in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the
southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Naxi people developed a
culture closely tied to religion, known as Dongba, and passed down a system
of hieroglyphics by word-of-mouth.The local government made it a priority to
protect the culture by collecting manuscripts and translating them. Since 1999,
a course about the culture of Naxi ethnic group has been offered to students.
[Xinhua]