KAWA are a Yunnan-based Chinese roots reggae band whose music grows directly from the land they come from. Formed in 2015 in Ximeng — a border town in Southwest China on a similar latitude to Jamaica — their sound emerges from a place where music, dance, and daily life are inseparable. Blending classic reggae rhythms with Wa ethnic vocal traditions, indigenous instruments, and the ambient sounds of nature, Kawa have spent a decade allowing reggae to take root in Chinese soil.