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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Ethnic minorities in China, Buryats, Mosuo, Uysyn, Austro-Tai peoples, Oirats, Tuvans, Limbu people, Iranians in China, Basmyl, Shan people, Dai, Han Chinese subgroups, Mosuo women, Tibetan Muslims, Duchers, Harbin Russians, Semu, Fuzhou Tanka, Indians in China, Khmu people, Xirong, Rauz peoples, Pakistanis in China, Albazinians, Armenians in China, Utsul, Hill tribe, Tanka people, Tai ethnic groups in China, Fuzhou people, List of Chinese administrative divisions by ethnic group, Unrecognized ethnic groups in China, Wakhi people, Zhongshan, Hui'an maidens, Beidi, Khmuic peoples, Taranchi, Mishmi people, Tai Dam, Americans in China, Che people, Buyang people, Aynu people, China Nationalities Museum, Onggirat, Argyns, Japanese people in China, Tungusic peoples, Choros, Middle juz, Nanman, Kam-Sui peoples, Barga Mongols, Khuen people, Putian people, Dolan people, Baima people, Sichuan Mongols, Deng people, Yanhuang, Kucong, Kra peoples, China Folk Culture Village, Tang Chinese, Mang people, Bo people, Manau, Lu people, Katso Mongols, Nasu people, Eastern Lipo, Gejia, List of hill tribes of Thailand, A-Hmao, Ayi people, Shandong people, Guangxi people, Badzhui, Kadu people, Gha-Mu, Hebei people. Excerpt: Known to many as the Mosuo (Chinese: pinyin: Mosu also spelled Moso or Musuo), but known often to themselves as the Na, the Mosuo are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet. Consisting of a population of approximately 40,000, most of them live in the Yongning region and around Lugu Lake, high in the Tibetan Himalayas ( ). Although the Mosuo are culturally distinct from the Nakhi, the Chinese government places them as members of the Naxi (or Nakhi) minority. Their culture has been documented by indigenous scholars Lamu Gatusa and Latami Dashi (the collecti...