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Now, here come some of the more rare ninorities. A group of Lahu people is arriving from their village in a "tractor taxi".
Here is the same group moving together towards the market
Later the group broke up and I spotted these three Lahus negotiating with an old woman.
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A modern
Lahu woman went
by with her basket. She wasn't costumed but my friends thought she looked
Lahu.
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And this proud
Lahu man
posed at my request.
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This
Lahu woman was shy
about being photographed.
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And so was this
Lahu woman
that I got from a distance.
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This
Lahu woman with baby
was too much in a hurry to notice I was taking her picture.
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And neither did these two
Lahu women with their children.
There were different sub-groups of the Hani nationality at the market, some were calling themselves Akha wore a high, black head wrapping like this woman negotiating some vegetables with a Dai woman. Others had a big black turban and a third wore a different colourful headcover.
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Two old
Akha women chewing
the fat.
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Akha woman selling home
made brooms.
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Young
Akha woman in a hurry
to get somehere.
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This
Akha woman shopping
looked completely absorbed in her thoughts.
A couple of Hani nationality ladies wore big black turbans like this old lady making her way between the two Dai girls on the left and the Han looking person on the right.
The lady on the lower right with the colourful floppy headress also claimed to be Hani and was selling a Hani traditional headress, it was all very confusing.
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Hani
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Hani
Here is a Bulang woman browsing. The Bulangs live on the border with Myanmar where they are called Palaung. They are not often seen for they are generally shy and retiring.
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This
Bulang woman was
also in a hurry.
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Two short
Bulang women
looking for clothes.
Back in Jinghong I considered taking the bus to Lijiang but not for very long because it's a two day voyage reputed to be rougher than the 23 hour trip from Kunming. I decided to fly to Lijiang...
