Photo: Naxi minority women in Lijiang, Yunnan, by Nothing exceptional here
Naxi minority women in Lijiang, Yunnan, by Nothing exceptional here
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Relentless Advocate ‘Greens’ Rural China, Village by Village – Peter Ford
From The Christian Science Monitor: “If I rest, I rust.” It’s not quite clear how actress Helen Hayes’s piece of potted wisdom reached the ears of Cun Yanfang, a member of the indigenous Naxi people from one of southwest China’s more remote villages. “But that is quite true for me,” the diminutive, apple-cheeked Ms. Cun […]
Photo: Women do most of the labor in Baisha, a strictly matriarchal society. Baisha is one of the oldest Naxi villages in Yunnan.
Women do most of the labor in Baisha, a strictly matriarchal society. Baisha is one of the oldest Naxi villages in Yunnan. By Witzmsc411.
Glimpsing China’s Exotic Ethnic Variety – John Rockwell
From the New York Times: The half-poetic, half-academic title of the Friday program at the Peter Norton Symphony Space was “Yunnan Revealed: Indigenous Music and Dance From China’s Land of Clouds.” It was full of interesting bits, and everywhere it has been, which is mostly to East Coast colleges, it has been festooned with panels […]
The Chinese region with women in charge – Nick Mackie
From the BBC: For centuries, the Mosuo women sang haunting ballads on Lugu Lake to arouse their lovers’ passions. Now they sing to satisfy the tourists, but 42-year-old Zaxi Zouma is not complaining. Immaculate in her bright traditional head-dress and turquoise tunic, life for her today is a far cry from the 1990s, when she […]
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