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Young entrepreneurs revive traditional crafts, from village looms to modern life

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Young entrepreneurs revive traditional crafts, from village looms to modern life
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Whenever Yang Yue, a young designer from Mangshi in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, is given a traditional Dai woven belt, the maker often recalls a time when everyone in the community wore them. Some women wove their own belts; others received them as part of their wedding dowries.

Young designer Yang Yue (left) works with a local artisan in Mangshi, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, to make handicrafts using traditional Dai weaving techniques. Photo: Courtesy of Wubenliving

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