Preserving a Fading Culture in the Mountains of China

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
  • The Akha people live high up in the mountains of Yunnan, one of the most ethnically diverse regions of China, but their culture is under threat as younger people choose to leave their villages and adopt mainstream Chinese culture. One artist hopes to change that by preserving the traditions of his people for generations to come.
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    Producer: Edward Columbia
    Director: Edward Columbia
    Videographer: Christine Schindler
    Editor and Mastering: Joel Roche
    Music: Audio Network

КОМЕНТАРІ • 68

  • @bobh3394
    @bobh3394 4 роки тому +26

    He is to be commended for his efforts and thank you for sharing. This is why I subscribed to Goldthread!

  • @Greenverse88
    @Greenverse88 4 роки тому +43

    Hmong/Miao are the same. We dont have a written language. Experiences are embroidered on our clothes too!

    • @Dtzeo503
      @Dtzeo503 4 роки тому +5

      Same with Mien and Yao people. There are Yao people who speak the same dialect as Mien people. There are certain Yao people who speak differently and Mien people can barely understand them. I am a fellow Mien person btw.

    • @jeremylinah8078
      @jeremylinah8078 4 роки тому

      There culture is more our african culture good foyy smokeweed as wel

    • @SidRabid3
      @SidRabid3 4 роки тому +4

      Manuel Delgado their language is spoken and has no script. Do you understand what that means? It’s like you speak English but the English alphabet doesn’t exist.

    • @JohnLee-vi7us
      @JohnLee-vi7us 3 роки тому

      We do, it got destroyed.

    • @st4r444
      @st4r444 3 роки тому

      @@jeremylinah8078 we wuz kangz

  • @bparrish517
    @bparrish517 4 роки тому +27

    Enjoyable, valuable work, Goldthread. Your exploration of China and its cultural depth helps me appreciate the country more than possible than when confined to hearing what the central government promotes.

    • @serenelee3559
      @serenelee3559 3 роки тому +1

      He is doing wonderful work in preserving the Hani culture and tradition. He is proud of his roots.

    • @serenelee3559
      @serenelee3559 3 роки тому +1

      I have visited a Akha village in the mountain of Northern Thailand.
      They are friendly people. They can speak Mandarin too. They plant vegetables and keep chickens.

  • @kylin3197
    @kylin3197 4 роки тому +16

    culture is precious, hope *all* the Chinese ethnicities can preserve/revive theirs
    That separate sleeping part is so awesome hahaha

  • @lekwanduh
    @lekwanduh 3 роки тому +12

    more videos like this please! i feel like there are sooo many minority groups in china that we don't see in mainstream media. would love to learn more!

    • @xxxlye
      @xxxlye Рік тому

      i want to chat with you

  • @blueberrychocolate4238
    @blueberrychocolate4238 3 роки тому +12

    This is very unique and beautiful! How could anyone be ashamed of a culture like this?!

  • @kongpayumnam
    @kongpayumnam Рік тому +2

    I'm from the Mangang clan of Meetei/Meitei from Manipur northeast India.Meetei have seven clans and Mangang is biggest clan of all.Ancient name of Manipur was Lai Ram Land,Lai Lam Land,Lai Pham Land,Mee Ram Land,Lai Pham,Tin Pham,Lai Ram,Lai Lam,Tin Lam,Kang Lam,Tai Pang Paan, kangleipak,Laireipak,Meitrapak etc.

  • @craigrumbal6811
    @craigrumbal6811 5 місяців тому +1

    Kia Ora from Aotearoa. (New Zealand)

  • @way03tak
    @way03tak 2 роки тому +3

    I stumbled across a Akha guy on Chinese tik tok but he's from the Kachin state of Myanmer, surprisingly they speak Chinese very well

    • @arbs3ry
      @arbs3ry Рік тому

      Akha from Kachin state speak Chinese-- I'm a bit surprised, If I was not wrong, only ethnic groups from Kokang、Mongla and the Wa state in Myanmar speak Chinese.

  • @ricasears5910
    @ricasears5910 4 роки тому +5

    Thankyou for sharing this, I found it very unique and beautiful, it really is amazing to see how the other side of the world live, and passing down their knowledge and culture to their children is wonderful. 🌍🙏

  • @rekostarr7149
    @rekostarr7149 4 роки тому +5

    Making culture fun is very great to slow down its decline. Very nice. Very nice! Looked at all these beautifully tanned people by the way! lol Healthy, soulful, extroverted.

  • @lawrencechin3400
    @lawrencechin3400 2 роки тому +3

    All ethnic Chinese groups should keep and preserve their heritage, including traditions and cultures, including their mother tongue. They should be proud of themselves instead of feeling inferior. Time to teach them to keep their traditions and cultures

  • @suomotophoenix3450
    @suomotophoenix3450 Рік тому +2

    Akha tribe is in arunachal pradesh 😮

  • @patriciafrancis9134
    @patriciafrancis9134 4 роки тому +4

    Thank You for sharing this.

  • @ivysn13
    @ivysn13 4 роки тому +3

    im chiu chow chinese but chinese ethnic minorities have always interested with the traditions with embellishments, attire, hair ,etc... they are so cool! but i always noticed a similarilty with them bc alot of minority Chinese ethnic groups who also might not agree to idenity as a chinese ethnic group... have a specific sino last name like yang or vang or gao etc. a lot of diaspora into south east Asia north of Vietnam like my mom told me and Thailand too. the scenic footage and landscaping is so beautiful.

  • @jadenights9808
    @jadenights9808 2 роки тому +2

    Whooaa, i found my people

  • @0animalproductworld558
    @0animalproductworld558 Рік тому +1

    I have ~20% Chinese Dai and the rest South Chinese with unknown ethnicity 🦝
    I also know Ngai ( a small dialect of ~Hakka ), Cantonese, Vietnamese, English, and very little Mandarin 🫎

  • @tempest031
    @tempest031 2 роки тому +1

    5:37 basically they were more cultured than those with written script 😝.

  • @Dtzeo503
    @Dtzeo503 4 роки тому +6

    There are also Akha people in Thailand.

    • @Goldthread
      @Goldthread  4 роки тому +2

      Interesting! Are they working to preserve their culture too?

    • @st4r444
      @st4r444 3 роки тому

      Laos

    • @Tamerlane33
      @Tamerlane33 2 роки тому

      @@Goldthread there are also aka in India. (not akha)

  • @thingthewanghop
    @thingthewanghop Рік тому

    Im also from northeast india and our cultural trait are similar in many fields .

  • @junweihe8229
    @junweihe8229 3 роки тому +1

    NZBZ- Hani Baby
    great song

  • @nuna1627
    @nuna1627 3 роки тому +1

    Well done 👍👍👍

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus 2 місяці тому

    😊😊😊😊

  • @maxlai9137
    @maxlai9137 Рік тому

    I'm from Mang-Ngang clan of Meetei from Manipur formerly known as Lai Ram Land/Lai Lam Land/Lai Pham Land/Lai Pham/Tin Pham/Lai Lam/Tin Lam/Tai Pong Paan/kangleipak etc.

  • @jeannettemarts8994
    @jeannettemarts8994 3 роки тому +1

    Pretty cool.

  • @timothymolsomtuisum9848
    @timothymolsomtuisum9848 Рік тому

    Their dress design looks like the Kuki-Zo-Chin Tribes group of Manipur, mizoram state India, border to Myanmar and Chin state of Myanmar...n the metal, coin like ornaments looks like the Bru or the Reang Tribes of Tripura and mizoram state

  • @scotth5988
    @scotth5988 2 роки тому

    Este canal es una maravilla

  • @Bluedog92403
    @Bluedog92403 4 роки тому +4

    At least there not alone many native american tribes in the united states are facing the same problem

  • @amandarodriguez1752
    @amandarodriguez1752 4 роки тому +3

    太棒了

  • @darwinvickers2987
    @darwinvickers2987 3 роки тому

    Inspiring

  • @theasianwitch
    @theasianwitch Рік тому

    Love this...thank you for sharing. I especially like the "knock to see if I can have sex tonight" in respect of the woman and man sleeping in another bed lol.

  • @bettablue2660
    @bettablue2660 4 роки тому +3

    These videos are great for the deaf, but for the partially blind, we can’t read the videos. I’m partially blind, so when the subtitles are on, I’m totally lost.

    • @kylin3197
      @kylin3197 4 роки тому

      out of curiosity, what can these videos be like so can assist the blind?
      (I'm partially blind too! but can fully see in 1 eye and not the other)

  • @arshad1647
    @arshad1647 Рік тому

    Yunan province is most diverse place in china

  • @ColoniaMurder20
    @ColoniaMurder20 Рік тому

    they're getting more chinese than any average of Austronesian people.. only in Philippines and Indonesia have pure Austronesian looks, culture and language.

  • @ann7609
    @ann7609 4 роки тому +1

    Superb! 😊.....(GIRL IN THE KITCHEN)

  • @Clee-os6pv
    @Clee-os6pv 4 роки тому +5

    Very interesting? I would my people and culture the "Hmong". Had some? Influence by Hani people and their culture. Some of ours seems a little bit similar too there's. The silver coins for example. I wonder if Hmong and Hani interacted with each other. Before? We were banished from China!

    • @zeitgeistx5239
      @zeitgeistx5239 4 роки тому +3

      The Hmong and Tai peoples are spread out from SW China to throughout Indochina.

    • @arbs3ry
      @arbs3ry 4 роки тому +5

      There‘re 789, 702 Hani people and 326,141 Miao(Hmong) people in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
      Yunnan Province alone, according to census in 2010. So sure the two interact with each other. But I don't think the tradition of Miao was influenced by the Hani since Miao people originated around the Yangtze river before they moved southward and met the Hani in Yunnan, Today Miao people from around Yangtze river such as Hunan province have silver decoration on their traditional costume too.

    • @user-yl4uy4wu2y
      @user-yl4uy4wu2y Рік тому

      The Miao nationality in southeastern Vietnam is very similar to the Miao nationality in China

  • @vehutoludomeh318
    @vehutoludomeh318 2 роки тому

    This is exactly like negative traditions.

  • @KevinVang1000
    @KevinVang1000 Рік тому

    The Akha people look similar to the Hmong people. Do they have a language of their own?

  • @r.lipenthunglotha7587
    @r.lipenthunglotha7587 2 роки тому +1

    Like nagas in india and myanmar

  • @GodsWheat
    @GodsWheat 3 роки тому +3

    it's sad I think Zhuang culture will be dead within my lifetime nobody can speak the language in terms of young people nobody knows ANYTHING about their culture it's all very looked down upon they don't know their culture at all such a shame....

    • @Kitty294_
      @Kitty294_ Рік тому +1

      It really is ☹️ I’m Zhuang and adopted which doesn’t help 😔 I’m thankful I was given a family but it’s sad I won’t be able to learn much about my roots since there are very limited resources about us and other ethnic minorities

  • @loerkue
    @loerkue 4 роки тому +2

    Great, but we are all one. Close the divide.

  • @hokiyeassumi2458
    @hokiyeassumi2458 2 роки тому

    Doysngsems lotha

  • @tardwrangler
    @tardwrangler 2 роки тому

    -10 Social Credit

  • @fassadine6352
    @fassadine6352 3 роки тому +1

    Ethnic means black. Indigenous native chinese are black.

    • @radiokunio3738
      @radiokunio3738 3 роки тому +9

      Ethnic comes the word Ethnicity, Ethnicity is the genetic pool you come from, The Ahka live in Thailand, Thailand is in southeast Asia. Black or African people came from Africa and spread to West Eurasia, then later some were taken as slaves in European colonies, vary few lived in southeast Asia till the advant of modern transportation, the Ahka predate modern transport.

    • @st4r444
      @st4r444 3 роки тому +4

      We wuz kangz

    • @user-yl4uy4wu2y
      @user-yl4uy4wu2y Рік тому

      Impossible, the black genes of indigenous Chinese are not as dense as those of Japan. There should be only a small number of Australian aborigines or South American aborigines, and the black genes are far lower than those of Malaysian yellow people