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OriginalNakhi women carrying baskets during part of a public performance at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre.
Reason
One of the finalists in POTY, this image has pretty good EV in Nakhi people and is used in several other articles. Technical quality is, of course, assured.
Articles in which this image appears
Nakhi people +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator
Uwe Aranas
Comment - I agree. - CorinneSD (talk) 21:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Info The performance in the open air theatre of Lijiang, which includes some hundreds actors, is showing different traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi, and Bai people of the Yunnan area. The depicted scene shows especially the traditional clothing of the Naxi women (which is still worn in the daily life of the Naxi people) and is also a hommage to the Naxi women which used to carry heavy loads in big bamboo baskets, for example hay and fresh grass for the cattle. I hope, this explanation might help. Cheers, --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talkcontribs) 08:51, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Can the EV be there if this is not actually a picture of a person from the Yunnan area in their natural clothing? Surely a performance by an actor cannot be used to demonstrate anything other than acting? The rest is just down to the quality of the costume designer and director of the show - it's entirely their interpretation. And unless Yunnan people traditionally frequent the stages of open air theatres, then this isn't showing them in the correct situation either... gazhiley 16:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Maybe the photo would be best considered for illustrating a type of outdoor theater in China. That's quite a backdrop for theater. CorinneSD (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As I understand, these traditions and lifestyles are very much alive, and people are proud of them. Hafspajen (talk) 00:21, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lijiang Yunnan China-Naxi-people-carrying-baskets-01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:24, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]