Lustig, Anton

more known as 乐安东, was a sinologist and expert on the Zaiwa language (PhD), became painter and musician again, before co-founding the non-profit organization Prop Roots Center, which is an actual house in a tiny Jingpo/Zaiwa village on the China/Myanmar border.

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A large group from Tsinghua International Middle School in Beijing came visiting our Prop Roots center. They came to meet the local Jingpo kids, that appeared in large numbers. It was a great success. Youth of both sides got along wonderfully and did a lot of interesting and fun things...

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China’s Jǐngpō ethnic minority lives in a subtropical outmost tip of the country, surrounded by Myanmar territory. That is where Dutchman Anton Lustig and his wife Li Yang lead their non-profit organization named Prop Roots Program, providing language and creative education and intercultural...

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AN INTERVIEW Here's a recent interview with myself, about my lifelong connection with the Zaiwa/Jingpo ethnicity in the China-Burma border area, and the future of our grassroots NGO Prop Roots Program: Empowering Jingpo children with their own culture, their own creativity!

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Just look at this!

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The Jingpo/Zaiwa ethnicity’s Western Mountain villages are in a subtropical border region of China, surrounded by Burmese territory. This is where a unique and beautiful Children’s Activity, Arts and Culture Center has just been erected, the home of the Prop Roots Program and its founders:...