The Va Village

An Introduction to Va Nationality
    With a population of 396,600, Va live in Cangyuan and Ximeng Va Autonomous Counties in Yunnan Province. Va is successor of ancient Baipu. The Va language belongs to the Va-Deang branch of the Mon-Khmer of the Austro-Asiatic language family. Va engage in agriculture, and sidelined with animal husbandry, gathering and hunting. They live in wood-structured thatched houses. Rice and corn are basic food. They used to drinking tea and wine and chewing areca-nut. New Rice festival is most celebrated. Va people believe in nature worship and primitive religion.

  The Landscapes in the Village
    Va house in the style of Cangyuan, Yunnan province, the village gate, ox-head stake, the granary, the wood drum house, the Va square, the rattan bridge.
Exhibits
    Live settings in Va dwellings, the photo gallery of Va.
Ethnic Show
    Folkways in the New Rice Festival, bamboo pole jumping, singing and dancing of Va.

  



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