Rethinking heritage-- Beijing Review
By Josef Gregory Mahoney · 2020-12-11 · Source: NO.52 DECEMBER 24, 2020 Singers (fi rst and second left) pose with visitors in Poya Village, Funing County, Yunnan Province in southwest China(COURTESY PHOTO) In Poya Village in Funing County, on the southern border of Yunnan Province, just a few kilometers north of China's border with Viet Nam, two "successors" remain, both of the Zhuang minority—the last true singers of the "Poya songbook." "Mountain songs" like the Poya have long been popular in Yunnan. Whether sung by one or more, they're a form of dialogue, typical...
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