Achang

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Buyi

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Jino

Lahu

Li

Lisu

Maonan

Miao

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The Lisu Nationality

Name: Lisu, Lisuchang

Population: 1,000,000

Localization: Yunnan Province, Nujiang Lisu and Nu Autonomous Prefecture. Also in India, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Introductory Articles in Ethnic China

Introducing the Lisu: Communications between different Lisu communities over the centuries has been difficult, which explains their division

Animism in Lisu Nationality religion: The Lisu think that every single thing has its soul.

The mystery of the Lutzus: At any rate these people both in physical appearance and dress were quite distinct from the Lisus whom we met later.

More introductory articles:

Scholars Researches available in the Web

Handel, Zev.- Proto-Lolo-Burmese velar clusters and the origin of Lisu palatal sibilants

Hans Peter Larsen.- The Music of the Lisu of Northern Thailand. The way a person sings and plays betrays his Lisu identity as clearly as his language.

Books and references

Thesis about the Lisu

Kathleen A. Gillogly.- Transformations of Lisu Social Structure Under Opium Control and Watershed Conservation in. Northern Thailand. 2006

To study the effects of integration into Thai and international global regimes, as executed through forestry and narcotics control policy, I focused on how social structure worked out in practice in Lisu households.

The Lisu in the Books

The Lisu of the Salween in 1909: As depicted in the Book "Across China on Foot", by Edwin Dingle. 1911

Basic Bibliography of the Lisu
Chinese Bibliography of the Lisu

Lisu Photo Exhibitions

Music

Lisu music
A guide to download their music

Films and Video

Documentary Films about the Lisu
Available dvds and vcds about the Lisu
The Lisu in the cinema

Art and Handicrafts

The Lisu in the art
Art Exhibitions

Travel

Travel to Lisu lands

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