Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nakhi people carrying baskets

Nakhi people carrying baskets

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2015 at 23:39:35 (UTC)

Reason: One of the finalists in POTY, this image has pretty good EV in Nakhi people and is used in several other articles. Technical quality is, of course, assured.
Articles in which this image appears: Nakhi people +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator: Uwe Aranas

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:39, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ^{Crisco, what does "this image has pretty good in Nakhi people" mean?} CorinneSD (talk) 00:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- (EV; added) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:00, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Hafspajen (talk) 02:09, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Interesting composition. (Text should locate Nakhi-inhabited region — south-central China?) Sca (talk) 14:08, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 16:00, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Great picture, but it would benefit from more information about what is being depicted in the "performance" and the context in which it is taking place. 109.156.50.218 (talk) 19:30, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I agree. - CorinneSD (talk) 21:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Info The performance in the open air theatre of Lijiang, which includes some hundreds actors, is showing different traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi, and Bai people of the Yunnan area. The depicted scene shows especially the traditional clothing of the Naxi women (which is still worn in the daily life of the Naxi people) and is also a hommage to the Naxi women which used to carry heavy loads in big bamboo baskets, for example hay and fresh grass for the cattle. I hope, this explanation might help. Cheers, --CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (talk • contribs) 08:51, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Can the EV be there if this is not actually a picture of a person from the Yunnan area in their natural clothing? Surely a performance by an actor cannot be used to demonstrate anything other than acting? The rest is just down to the quality of the costume designer and director of the show - it's entirely their interpretation. And unless Yunnan people traditionally frequent the stages of open air theatres, then this isn't showing them in the correct situation either... gazhiley 16:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Did you read Uwe's post about the outfits? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:41, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes Crisco 1492 - that's why I opposed - confirmation that this is a theatre show, not actual people in their actual clothes. gazhiley 12:28, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Maybe the photo would be best considered for illustrating a type of outdoor theater in China. That's quite a backdrop for theater. CorinneSD (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- That's one of the articles it's used in too, but there's less discussion there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:41, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand, these traditions and lifestyles are very much alive, and people are proud of them. Hafspajen (talk) 00:21, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – SchroCat (talk) 10:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Hubertl (talk) 16:36, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lijiang Yunnan China-Naxi-people-carrying-baskets-01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:24, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added it to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:24, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]