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The Jingpo live mainly in the mountain areas of the People’s Republic of China’s Yunnan Province and northeast Myanmar. To alert this mobile ethnic minority to the dangers of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse and trafficking in people, UNESCO in Bangkok and Yunnan People’s Broadcasting Station are implementing an ADB-financed innovative radio drama series in the Jingpo language that is broadcast out of Kunming. The Jingpo are proud of their colorful costumes and musical traditions. Nearly 600,000 Jingpo (also known as the Kachin) live in Myanmar with an estimated 120,000 in the PRC, mainly Yunnan Province. Pictured below are Jingpo people, including musicians, in different parts of Yunnan Province.