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People of the 'Wind and Rain' Bridge: China's Dong Nationality |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Gail Rossi |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 2,238 Words, 13,944 Characters |
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In the shade of a roofed "wind and rain" bridge, seventeen-year-old Wu Feifang intently embroiders. She is working delicate patterns into narrow strips of cloth. She handwove the cloth from cotton that her father grew in nearby fields. The designs are of ancient origin, handed down from her mother and grandmother. It's a sweltering, humid summer day, but here, seated on a low stool near a mountain brook, young Wu has time to anticipate the coming festival. With each stitch she thinks of meeting someone special--an as-yet--unknown young man from another Dong village, possibly several mountain ranges away.
A serene atmosphere reigns throughout the river valleys inhabited by China's Dong nationality. Because of southwest China's geographical isolation and rugged, mountains terrain, the D...
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...ife's everyday toil; more important, they also reinforce ethnic identity, which helps maintain traditions and customs from ancient times. As long as the Dong continue their festive celebrations, no matter where they live, their distinct folk arts and customs, representations of their culture and mirrors of their ancestral history, will continue to add to the richness of the world's folkways.
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