The town of Sarnen, Switzerland got a special taste of traditional performances from China's Guizhou province, on March 28, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Sino-Swiss relations, when the provincial tourism administration put on a "Colorful Guizhou -- Mysterious Ecological Land of Beauty" which attracted more than 300 people to the town square increasing interaction between the two countries.
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The town of Sarnen, Switzerland got a special taste of traditional performances from China's Guizhou province, on March 28, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Sino-Swiss relations.[Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] |
One part of the performance was Wind of Colorful Guizhou, which had Guizhou folk songs and dances to show the customs of the Miao, Bouyei, Dong, Yi, Gelao and Shui ethnic groups and which drew a lot of praise from the Swiss who even asked to have more information on the province. There was also a photo exhibition entitled "Beauty of Guizhou" with 40 photos of its nature and ethnic culture.
A Guizhou delegation, led by its governor, Chen Min'er, already visited the area last November, and signed an agreement with the canton that Sarnen is in to promote mutual contacts in ecology, tourism, education and agriculture. The canton, Obwalden, sits in the center of Switzerland and has a population of 33,000 on a 491-square-kilometer territory. It has seven mostly German-speaking municipalities.
The canton has mainly small to mid-sized businesses, many of them working in miniature engines, synthetics, medical equipment and nano-technology, with some traditional industries such as forestry and agriculture, and tourism a third, employing nearly one-quarter of the population either directly or indirectly.
