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The Dong Nationality Name: Dong, Kam, Gaem Population: 3,000,000 Localization:
Guizhou, Hunan y Guangxi provinces. |
Introductory
Articles in Ethnic China
Introducing the
Dong Nationality: The typical monuments of the Dong,
as Drum Towers, the Bridges of the Rain and Wind, and the Temples of the
Goddess Mother Sama,
The Drum Towers
of the Dong people: These towers are, in fact, the
material identification of the spirit of the community, the most important
meeting place
The Goddess Mother Festival among the Dong: She is possibly the most important deity for the Dong. She is worshipped twice a month, on the first and fifteen day.
Musical instruments of the Dong shaman: The Dong nationality wu or shamans use several kinds of musical instruments while performing their religious ceremonies. Among them, the most important are maybe the drums.
Love among the Dong people: In every Dong village there is a public house where the young people meet at night, especially in times of slack agricultural activity.
Dong
nationality therapeutic methods: In the preparation
of these medicines, besides the methods that can be considered similar
to those used in traditional Chinese medicine, they have some special
methods.
Dong Nationality
on the Web: Some Webs with interesting information about Dong life
and culture.
Scholars
Researches available in the Web
Amy Eisenberg, John Amato and Dengtao.- Kam Guilzhouh nyim Guangxxih di Benxtux Wenchual nyim Zihyuanc dih Gonxliix
The
cultural survival of Kam knowledge as a dynamic living resource depends
upon its continuing intergenerational transmission. Our project aims to
increase awareness of Kam Ethnic Minority traditional knowledge and to
promote conservation and sustainable management of the cultural and natural
resources within the regions.
Tsutomu Kaneshige.- Village Community and Public Architecture: wagx Concept and Drum Tower among Dong (Kam) People of Sanjiang in Guangxi Province, China
Norman
Geary and Yongrong Pan.- A
Bilingual Education Pilot Project among
the Kam People in Guizhou Province, China
Pi Jian-hui, Wu Yi-zhong, Lei Ming-zhi.- Characteristics of Heath-Carter somatotype development in Dong students from Hunan province.
Up
to now, the somatotype of Dong children and adolescents has not been investigated
to supplement the essential data for physical anthropology. The present
study investigated the somatotypes of Dong students by Heath-Carter somatotype
method.
Aura Yen.- Development and the Dong
Most Dong farmers work in the fields and hills all the year. They arrange their work according to the cycle of the four seasons. What they can exchange in the local market is the surplus of production. It takes a great deal of time for them to support their families and make clothes and food. They seldom have savings to spend in the market.
Kam
is the native language of the Kam people. According to a survey conducted
in 1995 (Chen 1995), the estimated number of Kam language speakers is
1.7 million. Among them, one million cannot speak Chinese at all, 400,000
can speak Chinese in some form but not fluently
Books
and references
Basic
Bibliography of the Dong Nationality: Books in English
and French available about the Dong Nationality.
Chinese Bibliography
of the Dong: References of about 50 Chinese books about
the Dong nationality
Allegorical architecture of the Dong: For the narratives of Dong architecture are on the one hand made meaningful through collective rituals. On the other hand, such narratives are not fixed on their “shells”—the architecture. The renewal of their architecture is achieved, not through a complete reinvention of new forms, but by injecting new narratives into the old “shells.”
Photo Exhibitions
Ethnic
China photo exhibitions
Dong Photo exhibitions
Music
Dong
music
A guide to download their music
Films and Video
Documentary
Films about the Dong
Available dvds and vcds about the Dong
Image of the Dong
in the cinema: Three Chinese films about the Dong nationality
that show the political evoluction of China in the last decades.
Art and Handicrafts
The
Dong in the art
Art Exhibitions
Travel
Travel
to Dong lands
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