ICF International (ICFI), a technology service provider, has received a $5m re-compete contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide assistance to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Regional ...
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Ancestor worship of Miao Ethnicity,also called"Drum Commune Festival","Drum Commune Memorial Ceremony""Drum-worshipping Festival"or"Bull-sacrificing Festival",is a religious activity passed down from the clan society.Among varied ancestor ...
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As a grand festival for worshiping Pan Hu,a remote ancestor of the Yao ethnic minority,King Pan Festival is evolved from the"Dance of King Pan"which was directed at expressing appreciation to King Pan for his favor and also praying for ...
The history of the Man ethnic minority (also called the Manchu) dates back almost1, 400 years to the Sui (581 - 618) and Tang (618 - 907) Dynasties. The Man originated in the Jurchen tribes of north east China. Having established both the ...
The Nu ethnic minority lives mainly in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province.The languages spoken by all four branches of the Nu ethnic minority belong to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. ...
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Formerly known as "Shangsi Festival", the March 3rd Festival is a traditional festival observed by the Han people and a number of ethnic minority groups. In ancient times, the first Si day (according to the year numbering system by the ...
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In the suspended wooden buildings (Diaojiao Lou) of Tujia ethnic group in western Hubei Province, several interesting "stealing customs" have been handed down till now, such as stealing pumpkin or beam. Among it, stealing rice bowl is a ...
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Long melody is a sort of ballad which was created by nomadic tribes in North China in the course of stockbreeding activities and is sung at the time of grazing and during traditional festivals. It is featured by long-drawn-out and leisurely ...
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Daur is the title that the people of the Daur ethnic minority named themselves, meaning cultivator. With historical records dating back to the early 17th century, there are several stories about the origin of this minority. The most ...
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With a population of 17,935, the Deang ethnic minority lives exclusively in Yunnan Province and primarily in Luxi and Zhenkang Counties, along with Dai, Jingpo, and Wa ethnic minorities. Language: Their language is a branch of Mon-Khmer ...
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Located in a canyon with a depth of 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) and surrounded by the Tibetan Plateau in the north, the Gaoligong Mountain in the east, and the Dandanglika Mountain in the west, the inhabitated area of the Dulong ethnic ...
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Gelao, one of the ethnic minority groups in China, has a population of 437,000. Most of them live in Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County and Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, and the others live in the city of ...
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In Chinese, 'Yugur' means 'wealth and solidity'. With a population of 13,719 as at the 2000 census, approximately 90 percent of the Yugur people live in the four areas of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, and the rest in the Yugur village of ...
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Nu Ethnic Minority Group, which has a long history and mainly inhabits Yunnan Province, Southwest China, has some distinctive marriage customs. Just like the ballad goes, "the auntie's daughter doesn't yield to others", the mother's brother ...
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Since the Stone Age the Bouyei ethnic minority have inhabited what is now Guizhou Province. Their main living areas are now Bouyei and the Miao's Autonomous Prefecture, Anshun and Guiyang City. This is a relatively large group with the ...
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