Dapo Abo is of the Naxi Ethnic Minority, a group of people with a unique culture and language that reside in the sky-searing mountains ranges of Yunnan province, southwestern China. He and his family are some of the few that continue to study and perform Naxi traditional mountain songs. Dapo is currently a student at Central University of the Nationalities in Beijing. He recently visited Hawaii with a group of classmates, all representatives of China's 55 Minority Nationalities, led here by their professors to perform their unique 'native' songs and dances. During his free time one evening, Dapo asked to record one of his traditional mountain songs with the "voice of the ocean" behind him. Dapo is eager to share his heritage with new audiences, and partake in discussions about how economic development can be reconciled with cultural preservation.

Dapo Abo is of the Naxi Ethnic Minority, a group of people with a unique culture and language that reside in the sky-searing mountains ranges of Yunnan province, southwestern China. He and his family are some of the few that continue to study and perform Naxi traditional mountain songs. Dapo is currently a student at Central University of the Nationalities in Beijing. He recently visited Hawaii with a group of classmates, all representatives of China's 55 Minority Nationalities, led here by their professors to perform their unique 'native' songs and dances. During his free time one evening, Dapo asked to record one of his traditional mountain songs with the "voice of the ocean" behind him. Dapo is eager to share his heritage with new audiences, and partake in discussions about how economic development can be reconciled with cultural preservation.