201008 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Students' Trip in Xishuangbanna

In August, around 30 students and their teachers from Dartmouth College of United States visited Xishuangbanna, they were interested in local ethnic culture, and eager to know about their lives, according to their request we suggested an itinerary including visits to different ethnic groups, seeing Theravada Buddhism temple, learning how to pick tea buds and process it from mountain people, watching a small folk show given by Aini villagers, having lunches with ethnic families in their traditional houses,  studying on all kinds of interesting plants in tropical botanical garden, paying visits to Dai craftsmen who were still persisting on traditional way to distill rice whisky, make bamboo fireworks and paper flying lantern for need of their daily life.... It's just full!

Aug. 24, 2010 - Aug. 28, 2010

 
Visit to village of Bulang people by farmer's tractors   Mountain taxi ride, new experience
     
 
Helping Bulang villagers collect rice being sun-dried   Upstairs to visit a Theravada Buddhism temple
     
 
Dai people's traditional Buddhism temple   Octagonal Pavilion, used to be meeting hall of monks
     
 
Learning from mountain people how to pick tea   Photo with mountainous Aini woman
     
 
Learning how to process tea in wok by hand   Home lunch in Aini's traditional  small wooden house
     
 
Hospitable Aini women singing songs to visitors   Aini women giving us a colorful folk show
     
 
Students learning how to do bamboo dance   Group dance with villagers, rainy, but in high spirit
     
 
Taking ferry on the Mekong to experience local life   Traditional Dai house in the village, our lunch place
     
 
Village women busy preparing food in traditional way   Roast tilapia with lemon grass, inviting!
     
 
A traditional Dai family lunch was set   Enjoying Dai family lunch, enjoying their hospitality
     
 
Studying on interesting plant in botanical garden   Students in tropical botanical garden
     
 
Visit to a Christian Dai village, a religious exception   Learning how to make traditional bamboo fireworks
     
 
Learning how to make traditional paper flying lantern   Farewell dinner with traditional Dai grilled food
     
 
Seeing villagers let off traditional bamboo fireworks   Seeing villagers let off paper flying lantern
     
 
In a Dai people's traditional whisky workshop   A basketball match with young men villagers

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