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not many americans are complete aware of traditional chinese culture girls used to have to learn embroidery in order to get married embroidery is something that everyone can share, no matter their ethnicity or color of skin or hair requires alot of patience-> young people don't want to learn it are hoping that by sharing the handicraft at festival more people will see value of it reinforce the great diversity that exists in china (56 different ethnic groups) the development of the economy->awareness of the minority groups in the country (fascinating ethnic cultures)believes folklife festival sets a really good example for china & world sang the mongolian long song (very traditional)flower dance style (from eastern china) = the ballet of the east every traditional song or dance has a story behind it -impact that folk culture has on pop culture -music groups in china explore the entire country's local folk traditions and combines them with western pop culture/music best time to embroider is in the white light there is a difference between doing one of those performances in your own culture versus being somewhere foreign & performing very common theme: the idea of heaven on earth, very naturalistic demonstrates a sound that is meant to imitate the sounds of water & sand dunes music is universally part of people's lives cities are influencing rural culture in recent years, chinese government has been working hard to support and preserve the local traditions there is still a large herding culture in mongolia