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DALI PREFECTURE, CHINA – DECEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) A man from the Bai ethnic minority group dyes tie-dyed cotton cloths at a folk tie-dye workshop at Zhoucheng Village on December 28, 2007 in the suburb Dali Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Tie-dyed cloth is known by the name ‘Colorful Tied Cloth’ and the process ...

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DALI PREFECTURE, CHINA - DECEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) A man from the Bai ethnic minority group dyes tie-dyed cotton cloths at a folk tie-dye workshop at Zhoucheng Village on December 28, 2007 in the suburb Dali Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Tie-dyed cloth is known by the name "Colorful Tied Cloth" and the process has a history stretching back over a thosand years after originating in the interior of China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

DALI PREFECTURE, CHINA - DECEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) A man from the Bai ethnic minority group dyes tie-dyed cotton cloths at a folk tie-dye workshop at Zhoucheng Village on December 28, 2007 in the suburb Dali Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Tie-dyed cloth is known by the name 'Colorful Tied Cloth' and the process has a history stretching back over a thosand years after originating in the interior of China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

DALI PREFECTURE, CHINA – DECEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) A man from the Bai ethnic minority group dyes tie-dyed cotton cloths at a folk tie-dye workshop at Zhoucheng Village on December 28, 2007 in the suburb Dali Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Tie-dyed cloth is known by the name ‘Colorful Tied Cloth’ and the process has a history stretching back over a thosand years after originating in the interior of China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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