Crossing the Mekong by cable in NW Yunnan

Some Lisu people cross the wide Mekong {Lancang} river by means of a cable and runner. There are few bridges along this stretch of the Mekong south of Deqin in Yunnan so local communities use thick wire cables to cross the river on a kind of flying fox.

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• Mekong
• Deqin
• deqin
• lisu
• cable
• river
• tibetan
• lancang
• diqing
• yunnan

[mutikonka]

They are speaking in Lisu dialect - I can't understand it.

[bapyou]

Beautiful footage. The child at the end is precious. Do you know what was the mother saying at the end?

[knchan]

It is a rare view of people living at the Mekong river of Yunnan .