A student walks on a tightrope during a daily training at a
dawazi art center in Yengisar county in the Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, Dec 17, 2019. Tightrope walking is known as
dawazi in Xinjiang, and it is believed to have been performed for about 2,000 years. Traditional
dawazi performers walk on a tightrope made of grass, 15 to 21 meters above the ground, without wearing a safety harness or any protective equipment.
Dawazi was given national intangible cultural heritage status in China in 2006. [Photo/China News Service]
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