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 16, 2021 | ethnic-groups, miao
The Flowery Miao in Zhaotong The Flowery Miao in Zhaotong As depicted by E. G. KEMP in The Face of China. New York. 1909. The prefectural town of Zhaotong was reached after passing through a dull plain, across which a piercing wind was blowing, which is characteristic...
por pedroceinos | Ene 13, 2021 | ethnic-groups, yi
The Flood Myth, Shamans and the Sani Religion The Flood Myth, Shamans and the Sani Religion We continue with the second chapter of Paul Vial “Los Lolos”, in which fragments dedicated to the myth of the flood and the activities of its shamans are particularly striking....
por pedroceinos | Ene 12, 2021 | ethnic-groups, yugur
There was a matriarchy among the Yugur? There was a matriarchy among the Yugur? The matrimonial customs of the Yugur present differences between their two main groups. Among the Eastern Yugur, girls had a time of great sexual freedom. Their rite of passage was the...
