Saturday, June 30, 2007

More Nanning.








Today we went to the Guangxi Provincial Museum to try to learn a little more about Katherine's people. In China, there are 56 ethnic groups of different cultural backgrounds and religious practices. Ninety three percent of the people are Han. The second largest ethnic group in China is the Zhuang, of which most live in Guangxi Province (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.) The Zhuang are closely related to the Vietnamese, as Vietnam is only 100 miles to the south of Nanning. So there is a possibility that Katherine could be of minority ethnic decent. Who knows, but while we watched a traditional musical dance performance, Katherine was jammin'. Thomas and Gail joined in the dance. Great fun was had by all.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now THAT is definitely a smile!! The dancing, architecture and culture looks so fun. How about the food? Gimmee a dinnerplate snapshot :^)