Birds Singing Fight Songs in Guizhou During my visit to Guizhou, a province of Southwest China, we spent several days with members of the Black Miao minority group, the ethnic group Read More » March 27, 2016 8 Comments
Indigo, a Kind of Blue in Guizhou In my last post on the ethnic minorities of China (Hill Tribes of China), I described the luzhen as an instrument that makes a sound Read More » February 21, 2016 8 Comments
Hill Tribes of China: Silver, Horns and Bamboo With 92% of the Chinese population belonging to one ethnic group, namely Han Chinese, most people do not think of China as an ethnically diverse Read More » January 31, 2016 22 Comments