Basic Bibliography about the Wa

 

Anon.- Beautiful natural landscape and colorful customs in Washan mountains (Illust.). Yunnan Nationalities Press. Kunming. 2002. 72 pp

This is basically an illustrated book with some introductory texts in Chinese and English, and bilingual captions. The pictures are about the Wa and their environment.


Blau Ealing.-A Painting album by Blau Ealing-Nationalities Press, Beijing, 2003

Blau Ealing is a Wa nationality artist, whose paintings are shown in this illustrated book.


Wen Yiqun.- The Was, maternal souls amidst wooden drum. Yunnan Education Press. Kunming. 1995. 37 pp

This is the book published in 1995 to commemorate the Second International Conference on Women held in Beijing. Though the book is nicely illustrated only introduces in a very superficial way some aspects of the feminine culture of the Wa nationality. The author study the Wa drums, and the songs and rituals performed around them. He suggests that the wooden drum of the Wa are a symbol of the feminine genital.


Winnington, Alan.- The Slaves of the Cool Mountains. Lawrence & Wishart Ltd. London. 1959

The book starts depicting the society of the Yi in the Xiaoliangshan, but it has also two more chapters, one of them dealing with the Wa society.

 

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