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The Dai people are closely related to the Shan, Lao and Thai people who form a majority in Laos and Thailand, and a large minority in Myanmar. Originally, the Tai , or Dai, lived closely together in modern Yunnan Province until political chaos and wars in the north at the end of the Tang and Song dynasty and various nomadic peoples prompted ...
China's Minority Nationalities. Edited by Ma Yin. (Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1994). Zhang Weiwen and Zeng Qingnan. In Search of China's Minorities. (Beijing: New World Press). Ritual for Expelling Ghosts: A religious Classic of the Yi nationality in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan (The Taipei Ricci Institute, Nov. 1998), ISBN 957-9185-60-3.
They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China. Ethnically related to the Tibetans of the Mili Tibetan Autonomous County and Yanyuan County in Sichuan , [ 2 ] the Pumi are recognized as an official minority nationality unique to Yunnan , with a population of 30,000.
Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.. The Mosuo (Chinese: 摩梭; pinyin: Mósuō; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, [1] are a small ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.
The Yunnan Nationalities Village, colloquially Yunnan Ethnic Village, (Chinese: 云南民族村; pinyin: Yúnnán Mínzú Cūn) is a theme park that displays the various folklore, culture, and religion of 26 ethnic groups in Yunnan Province, China next to Dianchi lake. [20] The park covers an area of 89 hectares including 31 hectares of water. [20]
Typical daily attire of ethnic Hani in China. In Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province. A Ho (Hani) woman and her child in Laos, circa 2003. The Hani or Ho people (Hani: Haqniq; Chinese: 哈尼族; pinyin: Hānízú; Vietnamese: Người Hà Nhì / 𠊛何贰) are a Lolo-speaking ethnic group in Southern China and Northern Laos and Vietnam.
The Lisu people's conversion to Christianity was relatively fast. Many Lisu and Rawang converted to Christianity from animism. Before World War II, the Lisu tribes who lived in Yunnan, China and Ah-Jhar River valley, Myanmar, were evangelized by missionaries from Tibetan Lisuland Mission and Lisuland Churches of Christ. Many Lisu then converted ...
Another group of Bajia people in Manbi Village 曼必村, [71] Menghun Town 勐混镇, Menghai County, Yunnan (comprising 48 households and 217 persons) has recently been classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Bulang people. [69] Tai Beng 傣绷 [72] – over 10,000 people in Yunnan Province, China. Also in Shan State, Myanmar.