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Living with the Nakhi people, Lijiang, Yunnan China

Traditional "Moon and Stars" costume Ancient Nakhi pictographic script The Nakhi people (pron. Na'hee) are one of the 56 officially recognised groups of minority peoples in China. The Han Chinese pronounce their name Na'xi as in 'nashi' since there is no sound in mandarin to deal with the 'kh'. Today [...]

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