For three to five days each year, a traditional Water- Splashing Festival is celebrated by Dai, Achang, Deang, Blang and Va nationalities. It is generally held in mid- April on the solar calendar, June on the Dai Cale...
In Yunnan, it is said "A woman who doesn't know how to embroider is not a real Yi woman."Compared with other ethnic minorities in Yunnan, China's most diverse province, the Yi people have a larger population widel...
The swing is called moqiu among ethnic minorities in southwest China. One or two young people position themselves at each end of the crossbar, push off the ground in turn, and send the bar up and down and turning. The...
Winter is a slack season in farming and is a good time for the Yi people of Meigu County in.Liangshan Mountain,Sichuan Province,to hold their"Ni Mu Cuo Bi(尼木措毕)"ritual,a ceremony of ancestor worship."Ni Mu Cuo Bi"...
Based on what the historical records show us, the Yi people of the Liangshan area of Sichuan have maintained the integrity of the original funeral customs of their ancestors. Cremation is the predominant form,
The tradition of ancestor worship and the perception that the soul still exists after death mean that the Yi people take funerals very seriously.Their grand funeral rites are a concrete manifestation of this ancestor ...
The band "Yi Workshop," was formed in 1998 in Daliangshan, Sichuan Province. Its Qubihari and Jiliriyue. In 1999, they released Yi Workshop, their very first album in Mandarin Chinese and songs: Begging for Love a...
The Wutu Dance of the Tu Ethnic Minority Group:Tigers and Leopards Chasing Away Evils arnd Bringing Good Fortune in Ancient Times Nianduhu Village, a Tu village with more than 1,400 people, is located in the middle o...
The Aluo group of the Yi ethnic minority group in Shuangbai County,Yunnan Province performs the Tiger Dance every year. The lore of the Aluo people has it that their ancestors living in dense forests deep in the mount...
The second Cultural Festival of Yi Clothing was held in Zhaojue County, Sichuan Province, for two days starting on May 4, displaying the processes in making the attire of the Yi people, including the