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Zhuang People
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The Zhuang — China’s largest
minority at 15-plus million — are a friendly and
welcoming people, adept at handicraft.
We were feted with songs, lion dances, and a
great meal (including deep-fried grasshoppers) in a Zhuang home high
above a river. Sitting at a table, we heard singing coming
from the kitchen and in a moment young women came in bearing a
beverage, an indescribable ambrosia, truly delicious and not apparently
alcoholic.
We
drank and then heard more singing. They came again, we drank again, and
we said “thank you” with polite finality. They sang
again, we drank again. This went on and our guides suggested that the
tradition is that if you don’t want more you have to get up
from the table. That’s when we found that getting up was
somewhat less easy than we expected. The stuff really sneaks up on you.
We went out to photograph the lion
dance and other festivities on their terrace, somewhat
unsteadily.
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