Front row seats for the Dong Minority show…

When we were in Chengyang, we were taken kicking and screaming (well, some of us…ok, it was just me) to a minority group cultural show in the village square. This basically involved a small group of men and ladies, in traditional Dong dress, singing, dancing and then serving us a small cup of local rice wine - see pic. Thankfully it was quite short, finishing up with the most ancient tradition… dragging up the tourists to have a little dance with them - Mike was first up, I of course took the role of official group photographer! Finally, at the end of the show, there was a deluge of sweet old ladies selling hanging things for good luck… try as you might, you couldn’t shake them off, so a couple of souvenirs were purchased - which might be turning up in a Christmas stocking near you…