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CHINA-SICHUAN-TORCH FESTIVAL-BULLFIGHT (CN)
(110720) -- BUTUO, July 20, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Bulls fight in a bullfight in Butuo County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 20, 2011. Thousands of people of Yi ethnic group gathered here Wednesday to enjoy bullfights to celebrate the annual Torch Festival in Butuo. In contrast to the bullfight in spain, where a man fights a bull, Butuo's bullfight is limited between bulls.
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CHINA-SICHUAN-TORCH FESTIVAL-BULLFIGHT (CN)
(110720) -- BUTUO, July 20, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Bulls fight in a bullfight in Butuo County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 20, 2011. Thousands of people of Yi ethnic group gathered here Wednesday to enjoy bullfights to celebrate the annual Torch Festival in Butuo. In contrast to the bullfight in spain, where a man fights a bull, Butuo's bullfight is limited between bulls.
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- This file combo photo shows the traditional costumes of Lhoba ethnic group.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan (885 U.S. dollars) in 2010. "Before we moved here, most of the families even couldn't afford a pair of shoe
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Dawa, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group collects herbal medicine in a bamboo forest on a mountain in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual in
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group, walks into her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Townshi
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group, prepares dinner at her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A villager walks on a road with her children in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxizhoima, a pupil of Lhoba ethnic group, has computer class at school in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011. She said this class is her favorite one, because she can learn how to send an email to her sister who studies in Beijing.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tour
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A kid herds a cow at a pasture in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan (885 U.S. doll
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang feed her pigs at the hogpen of her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- This file combo photo shows the traditional costumes of Lhoba ethnic group.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan (885 U.S. dollars) in 2010. "Before we moved here, most of the families even couldn't afford a pair of shoe
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group, walks into her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Townshi
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Dawa, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group collects herbal medicine in a bamboo forest on a mountain in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual in
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager You Jiang of Lhoba ethnic group milks a cow at her farm in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Townsh
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang feed her pigs at the hogpen of her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A kid herds a cow at a pasture in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan (885 U.S. doll
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CHINA-TIBET-LHOBA ETHNIC GROUP-LIFE (CN)
(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Kids play in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan (885 U.S. dollars) in 2010. "Before
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(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A villager walks on a road with her children in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan
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(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Ya Niang, a villager of Lhoba ethnic group, prepares dinner at her house in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi
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(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Kids play ouside a yard of Lhoba ethnic group in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 12, 2011.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tourism. Under the benefits of many national policies preferential for minority groups, the annual income per capita of Nanyi Township reached 5760 yuan
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(110517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Zhaxizhoima, a pupil of Lhoba ethnic group, has computer class at school in Qionglin Village of Nanyi Lhoba Ethnic Township, in Mainling County of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), May 11, 2011. She said this class is her favorite one, because she can learn how to send an email to her sister who studies in Beijing.
Located at the foot of snow-peaked mountains near the south border between China and India, the Nanyi Township of Qionglin Village, a tranquil and picturesque place, is inhabited by people of Lhoba ethnic group. With a total of 2900 people, Lhoba ethnic group is the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in term of population.
The family of forty-six-year-old Ma Ya is one of the 30 Lhoba households in the village. They live in a two-storeyed house with many modern devices like television, washing machine, refrigerator, etc. In 2008, his family opened a household inn when Qionglin Village set up a scenic area. Their family inn soon went popular among tourists, and earned them about 6,000 yuan (922 U. S. dollars) per month at the tourism peak season from June to October. Yet just 50 years ago, before Ma Ya's birth, his father and grandfather still lived in the wood, depending mainly on hunting with bows and arrows, in the very form of a primitive society. As few knew their existence in the wildest nature, they were dubbed as "the tribe of mystery".
In the 1960s, after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Ma Ya's father and some other Lhoba people moved out of the wood and settled on a land offered by the local government. By 1985, all the Lhoba people of the village have moved into free dwelling houses and started to breed livestock provided by the government, thus marking the brand-new start of their modern life. Instead of hunting and logging, their previous livelihood, local villagers of Lhoba now earn their living on stockbreeding, bamboo weaving, herbal medicine picking, and tour
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FEATURE - Äthiopien: Modische Recycling Accessoires
Ethiopian Tribe Recycles Modern Worldís Discards Into Fashion Accessories
The Daasanach are a semi-nomadic tribe numbering approximately 50,000 individuals who live in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia. In the past, the tribe roamed from place to place herding livestock around open areas according to the seasons and the changing availability of water. But over the last fifty years, having lost the majority of their lands, they have also grown dependent to agriculture. Like many tribes in the region, the Daasanach have moved to areas closer to the Omo River, where they attempt to grow enough crops to survive.
French photographer Eric Lafforgue has spent several years documenting the life and culture of these people, and how they have changed under the influence of modern manufactured goods. An interesting fashion trend amongst the Dassanach is their elaborate headgear, which they make from the strangest of materials bottle caps, wristwatches, hairclips, and other discarded pieces of plastic and metal.
The Daasanach spend months collecting bottle caps and scratching around for cash to pay for broken watches, which the women makes into jewelry and wigs. These are worn by both men and women, young and old.
Younger girls and children get the most basic version of the wig, while the oldest women are treated to the heaviest numbers with the most embellishment.
Men are only allowed to wear the bottle top wigs until they marry - after that, they create small clay headpieces decorated with a colourful harlequin pattern and enlivened with a feather, although the latter is only allowed after a hunt or a successful clash with an enemy.
The young men love to wear necklaces and earrings while the girls have bigger muscles because they do the most difficult work like carrying water, To prevent their headgears from getting spoiled while they sleep (apparently, they never take them off).
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