From May 28th to June 13th, “Tujia Brother and Sister” singing group formed by famous Tujia singers Wang Aihua and Wang Jing attended the Belgian & France International Folk Arts Festival, and were well received on the festival. And on June 14th, they returned to Yichang full of joy.
It is learned that, nearly 4oo folk artists from 10 countries like China, Russia, Cuba, Argentina and Hungary attended the festival and showed their folk dances and music with different national characteristics. Hubei Comprehensive Arts Troupe is the only Chinese team invited and the “Tujia Brother and Sister” is the only singing group in the team.
Wang Aihua, an outstanding representative of Tujia folk songs and also an excellent singer, teamed with the promising young folk singer-Wang Jing, and sung perfectly with super high voice ten Tujia folk songs like Complaining Beautiful Sister, Sing a Folk Song, Red Sun shining on East Mountain, How I Love a Beautiful Girl and Welcome Song.
During the 18-day arts festival, the singing group performed to full houses for more than 20 times. And their super high voice became one of the biggest highlights of the festival.(Reporter: Yuan Xuemei; Correspondent: Liu Hongjin)