Kawa 是來自中國雲南普洱西盟的雷鬼樂團，人員組成包括佤族、哈尼族、回族、漢族。2017年的專輯《出雲南記》是我心目中低調經典專輯之一。（雲南音樂不是只有老司機好嗎！）

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[Music 365] KAWA-來自雲南普洱西盟的生猛雷鬼 (71/365)

Top Reggae Band from Yunnan, China/Roots, Dub, Ska

红毛树-云南西盟KAWA乐队(Live)

Kawa is a band from China that incorporates their traditional ethnic folk songs, poems and chants from the mountains of Yunnan province with Reggae music for a unique sound that can be heard nowhere else in the world

Kawa-Kawa

kawa- 摆舞 (swing dance)

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《音樂後現場》出征雲南獨家探訪kawa樂隊。這支還未被大眾挖掘的雲南雷鬼樂隊究竟能給我們多少音樂上的衝擊？首次面對媒體的他們敞開心扉講述了少數民族的神秘故事與音樂的巧妙關係。

Kawa樂隊：我們的雷鬼有佤族的魂 音樂後現場 第54期

Meet Yunnan-based reggae band Kawa and their lead singer, Laohan, whom young fans look up to as their own Bob Marley.

Kawa is composed of Wa people, an indigenous group that’s considered a minority in China. Their claimed ancestral home is a territory that straddles the border between China and Myanmar. 

The Wa people were split in 1960 when the two countries defined their borders, and the majority of Wa now live in Myanmar. An estimated 30 percent are in southwestern China.

Laohan and Kawa have found a connection to their indigenous roots through reggae, taking inspiration from Jamaican rhythms and the Rastafarian philosophy of ethnic unity. By combining reggae with their native Wa language and music, they’ve cultivated a devout audience among young Wa people and other ethnic minorities.

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Directed and Written by: Dolly Li
Featuring: Kawa
Produced by: Dolly Li and Venus Wu
Shot by: Beimeng Fu and Venus Wu
Edited by: Beimeng Fu and Joel Roche
Mastered by: Joel Roche

Additional footage:
Kawa performs "红毛树" with Wa musician on 优斯迪吧: https://www.iqiyi.com/w_19rwdox7bt.html
Kawa performs for a Yunnan elementary school on 裂缝TV: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzg1MzA5MTMxMg==.html?spm=a2h0k.8191407.0.0&from=s1.8-1-1.2

Music: Audio Network
Additional Music Provided by Kawa
干酒醉: https://open.spotify.com/track/50E8UbUOhiQCkCQe3d1NAL
大起大落: https://open.spotify.com/track/1IvfNyMfmIxQySmGOkw1Vw
红毛树: https://open.spotify.com/track/5QJWfZjPeIH9NLC04vz35Q

Resources:
Read more about Kawa and the Wa people: https://www.goldthread2.com/identity/finding-bob-marley-china/article/3000832
Kawa’s Latest Album: https://open.spotify.com/album/0F9ko1wFdEq0zzDRYxUFks
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“The Burma-China Boundary Settlement” by Maung Maung, Asian Survey: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3023665.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
“‘We Are All Part of the Same Family’: China’s Ethnic Propaganda” by Anne-Marie Brady, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs: https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/viewFile/578/576
“Shaping of the Yunnan-Burma Frontier by Secret Societies since the End of the 17th Century” by Jianxiong Ma, Moussons: https://journals.openedition.org/moussons/538?lang=en

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