Theory of Disease

Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

Mythology

Eschatology

Spirits and Gods

Congregations

Religious Denominations

Missions

Athletic Sports

Rest Days and Holidays

5310

Verbal Arts

Prayers and Sacrifices

Ritual

Organized Ceremonial

Ordering of Time

Gender Status

Magical and Mental Therapy

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Medical Therapy

Revelation and Divination

Magic

Priesthood

Reviews and Critiques

Hunting and Trapping

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Vegetable Production

Land Use

General Tools

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Settlement Patterns

Streets and Traffic

Household

Community Structure

Bibliographies in Sources

Division of Labor by Gender

Mutual Aid

Material Not Relevant

Pharmaceuticals

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Ethnobotany

Burial Practices and Funerals

Sociocultural Trends

Visiting and Hospitality

Family Relationships

Extended Families

Kin Relationships

Historical Reconstruction

Lineages

Localized Kin Groups

Territorial Hierarchy

Cultural Identity and Pride

Ornament

Production and Supply

5311

Visual Arts

Basis of Marriage

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Premarital Sex Relations

Population

Composition of Population

Population Policy

Real Property

Form and Rules of Government

Public Works

Research and Development

Political Parties

Revolution

Location

Topography and Geology

History

Ethnic Stratification

Recreational and Non-Therapeutic Drugs

Buying and Selling

Internal Trade

External Trade

Speech

Phonology

Linguistic Identification

Writing

Inter-Community Relations

Identification

Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Heads

Local Officials

Taxation and Public Income

Naming

Rules of Descent

Kinship Terminology

Behavior Toward Non-Relatives

Classes

Traditional History

Vocabulary

Musical Instruments

Community Councils

Inheritance

Age Stratification

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Skills

Education System

Renting and Leasing

Internal Migration

External Migration

External Relations

CULTURE SUMMARY: MIAO

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CREDITS

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The Miao are one of 56 non-Han Chinese people officially recognized by the government as minority nationalities. They are distinguished by language, dress, historical traditions, and cultural practice from neighboring ethnic groups and the dominant Han Chinese. They are not culturally homogeneous and the differences between local Miao cultures are often as great as between Miao and non-Miao neighbors. Most Miao live in isolated, swidden-farming communities, widely dispersed in the more remote mountain valleys and hillsides of southern China. Miao communities are also found outside China in Northern Thailand, Laos, Northern Vietnam, and since the 1970s, in North America, France and Australia. See also the North American Hmong Collection in eHRAF World Cultures.

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