Pedro Ceinos, a long-time resident of Kunming, Yunnan, informs me that his work on matriarchy in China has just been published in Italian, Il Matriarcato in Cina: Madri, Regine, Dee e Sciamane. Topics include matriarchy in ancient China, matriarchy among the Tibeto-Burman peoples, and matriarchy among the Turkic and Mongolic peoples. Ceinos is also a … Continue reading A New Work on Matriarchy in China
Tag: Brothers of Nature: The Naxi of Southwest China
“Sons of Heaven, Brothers of Nature: The Naxi of Southwest China”
Writes author Pedro Ceinos Arcones in his introduction to this new work on the Naxi, renowned for their Dongba pictographic language: Every year thousands of travelers from all around the world visit the Naxi region [of Yunnan], turning their former isolation into a permanent exhibition of their land and homes. During their stay in Lijiang … Continue reading “Sons of Heaven, Brothers of Nature: The Naxi of Southwest China”
