Peoples of Unknown Yunnan: A Year in Axi Village  Part 1
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.22
name: label: Collection Producer
content: Ushiyama, Jun'ichi, 1930-1997
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content: Man TV
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 2808 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Film crew spent five months during the four seasons in Axi Village located on the limestone mountains in Hong He Hani and Yi autonomous district. The program documents in three parts three different non-Chinese minority groups out of thirty living in Yunnan Province, China, to trace their Japanese cultural roots through traditional customs and agricultural practices. Documented are growing maize in the stony land, new year rituals, a Toreh festival practiced in summer and a Axi Tiao Yun dance where young single men and women meet.

Legacy Keywords: Rites and ceremonies ; Corn ; Agriculture ; cultivation ; Dance ; Music ; Musical instruments China ; Language and culture ; Asia ; China ; Festivals