The Naxi of Lijiang
on Kirsten VSO (China), 24/Jul/2010 07:05, 34 days ago
Lijiang has been the hometown of the Naxi people for almost 1500 years. As I wrote in a previous blog, it has an interesting state of affairs between the sexes. The women are responsible for the work and raising children, and they inherit property and female elders adjudicate any disputes. The men are responsible for the arts - singing, dancing, painting and playing instruments. Interesting.....It's also interesting that there doesn't seem to be many very old Naxi men left in Lijiang. It seems mainly to be women, hence many more pics of women than men.Selling greens in the market. The bottle of water is to spray over them regularly to keep them fresh looking.A mushroom sellerSorting wild garlic into 1 yuan bundles for saleDoing morning exercise in the town squareFinally, a Naxi man (with a very ethnic baseball cap!)Morning exercises. The back of the jacket is made of sheepskin.Counting profits in the marketMore morning exercise!No wonder these old women are fit. They do this for about an hour a day..Selling strawberriesNo idea what she's peeling - looks like some knobbly root...