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Performers from South-Central University for Nationalities present "Huayao Dance" in a style common among the Dai ethnic group in China's Yunnan Province.

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Movements of the Huayao Dance, performed by Chinese artists visiting Central Carolina Community College, are not only beautiful and graceful, but meant to convey a sense of internal firmness and national strength.

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Members of the audience went onstage to try some basic martial arts techniques led by Zhao Zan from the South-Central University for Nationalities during a cultural performance in Sanford.

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Dancers perform "Stone Man and Swan" during a free Chinese cultural program at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic & Conference Center. The dance is based on a legend from China's Kazakh ethnic group and expresses a longing for free and enthusiastic life.

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Among the musical performances during the celebration of Chinese culture and arts at Central Carolina Community College was a solo on pipa, a popular, four-stringed instrument played in China for more than 2,000 years.

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High flying leaps dazzled local audiences during a Tibetan group dance performed by artists from China's South-Central University for Nationalities on their two-week United States tour.

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"Colorful China," a folk dance that opened the cultural exhibition at Central Carolina Community College, focused on some of the 56 ethnic groups that comprise the world's most populated country.

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Zhao Zan from South-Central University for Nationalities in Wuhan, China, performs martial arts set to music during a cultural exhibition at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic & Conference Center in Sanford.

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Dancers from South-Central University for Nationalities visited Sanford and Raleigh in mid-October during a two-week tour that included stops in Georgia, Virginia, New York, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.

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"I Am Waiting for You in the Homeland of Tea," a folk song from China's Tujia ethnic group, was one of the musical performances by visiting Chinese artists during a cultural exhibition presented by the Confucius Classroom at Central Carolina Community College.