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China. Yunnan.
Lijiang Old Town.
A small group of Yi woman is sitting all day long on a bridge in Lijiang to make money posing with tourists.
The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.
Sternwarte Senckenberg Anlage 23, 1994
Aus Deutsches Filmmuseum, Sound & Vision, Programmheft Tensides 1994
Photo by Pat Meise
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Dressed in her traditional Yi clothing, the materiach of her village stands outside her home. The house has no chimney, so when the fire is lit, the smoke exitis the roof and door. The electrical lines power her one light bulb.
Portrait of a young Yi girl (China).
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The Yi are an ethnic group living largely in the mountains of southwest China, mainly in Yunnan province.
The Yi language is spoken in six relatively distinct dialects. Yi minority has many different branches; everywhere has their specific clothing features.
Yi women in general wear embroidered clothes, matched with some silverworks. The traditional Yi culture includes a hoe-based agriculture, livestock herding, and hunting.
They make terraced fields, love to make music, and are often accomplished musicians on both traditional and modern instruments.
The Yi areas abound in coal and dozens of mineral resources, including gold, silver, aluminum and zinc and the forests teem with wild animals and plants.
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China. Yunnan.
Lijiang Old Town.
A small group of Yi woman is sitting all day long on a bridge in Lijiang to make money posing with tourists.
The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.