Various Artists - Miao Mouthorgans & Other Rare Instruments In Guizhou, Sichuan, China (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 16-May-2025 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

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Miao Three Mouthorgans In Guizhou, China
Hua Miao Wedding Dance In Sichuan, China
Hmoob Dongliang In Guizhou, China
Hua Miao Hulushen In Sichuan, China
Hmoob Mouthorgans In Guizhou, China
Gelao Gupiaoqin In Guizhou, China
Gelao Canon Singing In Guizhou, China
Shui Miao Travelling Song In Guizhou, China
The term Miao is a very ancient Chinese misleading pseudo-ethnic categorisation, what we call the Hmong in western languages, a term recognised by colonial French Indochina. Miao became a generic term which does not reveal the diversity of 38 subgroups or 9 million people, mostly in Southern China Guizhou Province.

China having moved towards the market economy, a large number of minority regions have marketed a commodity available only to them: their ethnicity itself. Ethnic tourism has developed in a big way in China since the 1990s for Chinese and foreign tourists, and is often promoted as the way to create income in those areas for development. I usually stay away from ethnotouristic shows and try to get music which is not a commodity! I was based in Dali, Yunnan, China between 2006 and 2013.

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