鈥淢unao Zongge鈥� Festival of Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture

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Updated: 2009-11-17 09:35

鈥淢unao Zongge鈥� Festival of Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture

Date: January 27-30, 2009 (2-5^th day of the first month by lunar calendar

Venue: Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture

鈥淢unao Zongge鈥� is the annual traditional festival of the Jingpo ethnic people, and Longchuan County is renowned as the 鈥渉ome of Munao Zongge in 皇冠体育app鈥�. 鈥淢unao鈥� is a Jingpo sub-branch language word and 鈥淶ongge鈥� is a Zaiwa sub-branch language word, both originally meaning 鈥渄ancing鈥�. 鈥淢unao Zongge鈥� means collective dancing and singing, renowned as the 鈥渄ance of paradise鈥� and 鈥渄ance of thousands of people鈥�. With a dancing ground, all the people around the world may dance and sing together; therefore, Munao Zongge is also the grandest collective occasion of dancing and singing in the world.