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Marriage Doesn't Always Come Easy
May 6, 2013Marriage doesn't always come easy. The following wedding customs from five ethnic minorities demonstrate its difficulty. It will be easy to understand why there are so many singles as well as dating shows in China after reading this ...
Tags: Wedding Customs, Customs
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The Most Famous Traditional Folk Dance of The Dai Minority in China
Dec 17, 2012As the most famous traditional folk dance of the Dai Minority in China, peacock dance is prevalent in the Dai and Jingpo minority autonomous prefectures as well as gathering areas of the Dai people. Legend has it that more than a thousand ...
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Water-Nourished Folk Dance Described Below Are The Most Popular in Dai Areas
Dec 17, 2012The folk dances of the 840,000 Dai Ethnic Group enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical creatures. The percussion instruments used for accompaniment include elephant-foot drums, ...
Tags: folk dances, subtropical creatures, percussion instruments
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The Blang Ethnic Minority Is One of The Oldest Peoples in Yunnan Province
Dec 17, 2012The Blang ethnic minority is one of the oldest peoples in Yunnan Province, living mainly in the mountainous area of Meng Hai County of Dai autonomous prefecture in Xishuangbanna. Their earliest record can be traced back to the Han Dynasty ...
Tags: Blang ethnic minority, mountainous area, autonomous prefecture
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Introduces Comprehensive Situation of Yunnan: Survey
Dec 11, 2012Speech by the Governor Yunnan, which means "South of The Rosy Clouds", is a multinational province located in west of China. Yunnan enjoys a prominent advantage to be open to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and served as a major route of ...
Tags: Yunnan province, survey, economy, investment
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The Introduction of The Dais
Dec 6, 2012This is a distict diversity of clothing between the Dai women living in Chuxiong A group of pagodas in Xishuangbenna. After their daily lessons, little Dai monks are allowed to go to a fair. The Dai ...
Tags: Dais, Dai nationality, population, rice, long history, language, 3 branches
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The Cucurbit Flute Is a Musical Instrument Unique to The Ethnic Groups in Yunnan
Dec 6, 2012The cucurbit flute is a musical instrument unique to the ethnic groups in China's Yunnan Province. It is especially popular among the Dai people. The instrument is made with natural materials of gourd and bamboo. Composed of a gourd, main ...
Tags: cucurbit flute.musical instrument, ethnic groups, natural materials
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Water-Splashing Festival Is The Most Ceremonious Traditional Festival of The Dai Minority
Dec 6, 2012Water-Splashing Festival is the most ceremonious traditional festival of the Dai minority. It usually takes place in mid-April of the solar calendar, often ten days before or after the Tomb-sweeping Day, and lasts three to seven days. ...
Tags: Water-Splashing Festival, Dai minority, Dai People, splash water
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The Introduce of The Dai Ethnic Clothing
Dec 6, 2012The river valleys and plains in the south and west of Yunnan Province are home to most ethnic minorities in the province. The areas where the Dai ethnic people live are mainly in tropical or subtropical zones that are best known for the ...
Tags: Dai women, unconstrained manner
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Chinese Tattoos Have Become a Raging Phenomenon Among Tattoo Enthusiasts of The Western
Dec 4, 2012Chinese tattoos have become a raging phenomenon among tattoo enthusiasts of the western world. Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters with a sense of the exotic and often much deeper meaning than that which lies on the surface. Ci ...
Tags: chinese tattoos, tattoo enthusiasts, culture
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The Different Branches of The Achang People Have Religious Beliefs
Dec 4, 2012The different branches of the Achang people have religious beliefs with many common elements, as well as evident differences. The Achang from Husa The Achang from Husa are Buddhist. They follow the Theravada school of ...
Tags: religion, religious beliefs, Achang
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They Are The Dai-Hui People Living in Manluanhui Village,Menghai Town,Yunnan Province
Dec 4, 2012They are the pioneer of international trade and the offspring of the caravans of the Hui ethnic group; they often have two names, one in the Hui language and the other in Dai; they can speak Mandarin, Dai and Arabic. They are the Dai-Hui ...
Tags: paxi village, Hui ethnic group, culture
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There Are Many Distinctive Marriage Customs of The Hua Yao Dai People
Dec 4, 2012There are many distinctive marriage customs of the Hua Yao Dai People, an ethnic minority mainly distributed in the Yunnan Province of China. These marriage customs are very attractive, as many people have never heard of them. The ...
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The Dai People Believe in Buddhism.Boys Will Be Sent to The Buddhist Temple as Monks
Nov 28, 2012In Dai ethnic group, it is the custom to marry men into women's family. Guys will be married off at a certain age, while a girl at certain age will bring a husband to her own family. The Dai people believe in Buddhism. Boys will be sent ...
Tags: Dai ethnic group, custom, Little monks falling in love, Yunnan, tradition
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The Dai Ethnic Minority Is Distributed Throughout The Dai and The Dehong Dai-Jingpo
Nov 28, 2012The Dai ethnic minority, which numbers 1,158,989, is distributed throughout the Dai Autonomous Region and the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Region in Xishuangbanna in the southern part of Yunnan Province. In the past, they were called ...
Tags: The Dai Nationality, Language, Religion, Arts, Food, Festivals