What are the characteristics of Hani nationality?

Hani nationality, known as Akka nationality in Southeast Asia, whose national language is hani language, belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Modern Hani people use newly created phonetic symbols based on Latin letters.

Hani people are mainly distributed between Yuanjiang and Lancang River in China, living in counties such as Honghe, Jiangcheng, Mojiang, Xinping and Zhenyuan, and in the northern mountainous areas of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

There are many branches and self-proclaimed persons in Hani nationality, including six self-proclaimed units such as Hani nationality, Kaduo, Yani, Ni Hao, Biyue and Baihong, and some self-proclaimed units such as Nu, A Mu, Doni, Kabei and Heini.

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Hani customs:

The traditional festival of Hani nationality in Xishuangbanna began on the first day of the sixth lunar month, that is, during the 3-5-day festival, people stopped working in the mountains, ate at home, drank or went out for a walk.

During the festival, there are horse racing, gyro and bamboo dance. Rustle of life: Han people call it "Zodiac Festival" or "February Year".

The Hani festival sacrifices to the messengers of Mocha cuckoo and Biku bird, so the festival is held on the day when they hear the first call of cuckoo and Biku bird and choose hay, and the festival ends.

Salat: This is the biggest festival of the Hani people. Because it is held in October of the lunar calendar, it is also called "translation", that is, AD 10, about six days. On New Year's Day, every fence will kill a pig. Pigs, regardless of size, are distributed equally among families.

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