The mother of the bride smoking at her daughter's wedding in a small village in the mountains above Weixi in Yunnan province, China. The marriage of h
The mother of the bride smoking at her daughter's wedding in a small village in the mountains above Weixi in Yunnan province, China. The marriage of her daughter to the boy next door was arranged 15 years prior to the day; although her daughter is only moving next door, she is sad, loosing a pair of helping hands, invaluable in these areas. Aristocratic, before Chinese Liberation, Yi society was based on slavery - stealing from other minority groups a common practice. Feared for their fierce sense of independence and barbaric customs, the Yi were also one of China's wealthiest minorities, later making their money from the region's profuse logging trade. There are more than 7 million Yi in China, mostly situated in the provinces of Yunnan and southern Sichuan; they are now one of China's most disadvantaged ethnic groups.
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