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1、Module5EthnicCulture-Section1BackgroundReadings素材PartTwoTeachingResources第二部分教学资源Section1BackgroundReadingsforModule5EthnicCulture1.TheJinuoEthnicGroup:TheJinuoEthnicGroupismadeupofaround18,000peoplewholiveintheJinghongareaofYunnan.TheirlanguageisaChinese-Tibetanlanguagewithnowrittenscr
2、ipt,buttheymostlyspeakChinesetoday.Theylivebyfarming,andfishing,andtheygrowmainlyrice,maizeandtea.Riceandmaize,alongwithbeans,aretheirstaplefoods;theyeatthreemealsaday,withlunchbeingtakenontheirfarmland.Theyliveinlargehousesmadeofbambooonmountainslopes.About20or30familiesliveontheupperf
3、loorofthesamehouse,keepingtheiranimalsonthegroundfloor.Thewomenwearcolorfuljacketsandshortblackskirts,whilethemenwearashortwhitejacketandwhiteorbluetrousers.Theyareknownasgoodsingersanddancers,andthedrumisaveryimportantinstrumentforthem.InDecembertheyhaveaspecialSun-drumDance,whenolderp
4、eopleplayaspecialdrumandothersdancearounddrum.2.EthnicMinoritiesintheUK:ImmigrationfromcountrieswhichwereformerBritishcoloniesmeansthattherearemanyotherethnicgroupsintheUK.Thesearethefiguresfromthe2001censsus(published2003).TotalUKpopulation:58,789,194.Ethnicgroups:White:92.1%,Mixed:1.2
5、%,Asian/AsianBritish:4.0%,Black/BlackBritish:1.8%,Chinese:0.4%,other:0.6%.3.Naxi:Withapopulationofabout278009(asof 1990),theNaxiethnicgroupmainlyliveinconcentratedcommunitiesintheNaxiAutonomousCountyofLijiangintheYunnanProvince,andtherestarescatteredthroughouttheneighboringcountiesinYun
6、nanProvince,aswellasYanyuan,YanbianandMulicountiesinSichuanProvince.ThereisalsoasmallnumberlivingintheMangkangCountyintheTibetAutonomousRegion. TheNaxiethnic minorityhasitsownlanguagewhichbelongstotheYibranchofTibeto-BurmanAustronesianoftheChinese-TibetanPhylum.TheancientNaxipeoplec
7、reatedpictographiccharacterscalledthe“Dongba”scriptandasyllabicwritingknownasthe“Geba”script.However,theyweredifficulttomaster,andin1957thegovernmenthelpedtheNaxidesignanalphabeticscript.DuetoclosecontactwiththeHanpeopleoverthepastseveralhundredyears,theNaxipeoplealsousetheoral
