In China’s southern province of Yunnan, a community of people known as the Bai express themselves mostly by singing. And they have a song for everything: from history lessons to mourning to flirting. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, who also discusses the early 20th century Austrian American botanist and explorer, Joseph Rock, who traveled through this same region of western China.
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