por pedroceinos | Abr 27, 2025 | bulang, ethnic-groups
The Bull that Shaped the World and Other Sacred Bovines among the Bulang Minority The Bull that Shaped the World and Other Sacred Bovines among the Bulang Minority The Bulang people (布朗族), an Austroasiatic ethnic group primarily inhabiting Yunnan’s tea-growing...
por pedroceinos | Abr 25, 2025 | ethnic-groups, lahu
The Lahu Matriarchy: An Egalitarian Dyadic Society in China The Lahu Matriarchy: An Egalitarian Dyadic Society in China From the book: Mothers, Queens, Goddesses, Shamans: Matriarchy in China (Miraguano, Madrid, 2011) The egalitarian society of the Lahu drew academic...
por pedroceinos | Abr 14, 2025 | ethnic-groups, yi
An Old Book on the Sani-Yi Minority An Old Book on the Sani-Yi Minority One may wonder whether it makes any sense to read, in the first decades of the 21st century, a book written at the end of the 19th. Clearly, the person who has spent some of their time translating...
por pedroceinos | Jul 2, 2024 | bai, ethnic-groups
Sexual aspects of Gu venom Gu illness resulted from a contamination by gu poison, which a recent analyst has characterized as “an alien evil spirit which entered [the] body and developed into worms or some similar animal that gnawed away at the intestines or...
por pedroceinos | May 15, 2024 | bai, ethnic-groups, travel
Sunset in Dali No Words Fuxing Rd from the South Gate. Dali, Yunnan. Corner in Fuxing Rd, Dali, Yunnan. Night market at the south of the South Gate. Dali. Yunnan Last posts Sunset in Dali May 15, 2024 | bai, ethnic-groups, travelNo Words Fuxing Rd from the South Gate....
por pedroceinos | May 11, 2024 | ethnic-groups, Naxi, travel
The five secret temples of the lamas in Lijiang The five secret temples of the lamas in Lijiang Religions of Lijiang Although the city of Lijiang is known primarily for the Dongba religion practiced by the traditional shamans of the Naxi, also called Dongba, who with...
