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The Sound of the Local Opera
by Mo Rui Qiu
If you had been at the “local show” that night, you would have heard some of the following sounds. The men and women alternate between singing and speaking their lines. In this clip of the spoken lines, the rich man is removing blame from his second wife for the fact that their son disappeared under her care. Read more about this Zhuang cultural event: Opera with Local Flavor.

Sound Clips:
Spoken Lines in the Opera

Second Wife Singing

Husband Singing


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The rich man with his second and third wives.