New Year’s for the Dai ethnics. Luckily I wasn’t here for the Water Splashing Day on the 15th. Today, one can’t tell if this was Thailand, Burma, or Yunnan as everyone of all different tribes pile onto the streets to continue the celebrations. The ethnics here handle mostly agriculture: rubber trees, fruits, and tea,of course. Business handling goes to the enterprising Han people, the majority tribe. Actually, we are all descendants of tribal people, though nowadays Mandarins and Cantonese alike are considered the Hans.The Cantonese used to be called the Southern Barbarians! Though with a love for food, business, and an utmost colorful language, and never had an army nor gone to war, I don’t see how the Cantonese were ever less than super civilized. Here in the Deep South of China in Yunnan, cultural differences are even more pronounced.
