por pedroceinos | Ene 29, 2021 | ethnic-groups
Mask of the Protector Palden Lhamo Mask of the Protector Palden Lhamo Palden Lhamo is one of the main protector deities of Tibetan Buddhism. Among her many roles, she is the special protector of the city of Lhasa, the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, and the Dalai...
por pedroceinos | Ene 29, 2021 | ethnic-groups, yao
«Dujie» (Initiation Rite) Masks of the Yao people «Dujie» (Initiation Rite) Masks of the Yao people Popular among the Yao people in Wenshan and Honghe Prefectures, the Dujie masks are used for the ceremonies of the boys’ rites of passage. The...
por pedroceinos | Ene 29, 2021 | ethnic-groups, jingpo
The headdress of the Jingpo women The headdress of the Jingpo women The clothing style of the Jingpo people is rough and bold, It is possible that it reflects that past time when they were the masters of the frontier mountains, and caravans had to pay a tax to pass...
por pedroceinos | Ene 28, 2021 | ethnic-groups
Pictographic writing among the Evenki Pictographic writing among the Evenki In Chi Zijian’s novel The Last Quarter of the Moon (English translation by Bruce Humes) there is a short story describing the creation of pictographs to write the Evenki language. “Shiban had...
por pedroceinos | Ene 21, 2021 | culture
The bull and the political development of Neolithic China The bull and the political development of Neolithic China Since the history of the penetration of domestic cattle in China goes parallel to that of the political concentration that gave rise to the first cities...
