Parade of World Troupes

Some 10,000 spectators gathered to watch a parade along Shuncheng Street in downtown Chengdu yesterday morning to mark the start of the International Festival on Intangible Cultural Heritage.The parade, which lasted an hour, was led by the Imposing Gong and Drum company from northern China's Shanxi Province, which is regarded as the best in the country and has performed all over the world since the 1980s.

　　Following the percussionists were singers and dancers from Romania, South Korea, Russia, Africa, Brazil and Mexico; and the ethnic Tibetan and Qiang people.