The Kanas is in theterritory of the Hemu Kanas Mongolian township. Burqin county withover 1400 Tuwa inhabitants. At the Kanas village by the tip of theKanas Lake alone there are 120 households of Tuwa people with apopulation of almost 700.
Tuwa language used by Tuwa populate is one ofrare languages remained in China which distinguishes fromMongolian branch. Altaic language family and belongs to Turkiclanguage branch. It directly represents many phonetically phenomenaprior to the disintegration of ancient Turkic language and has animportant determine for the chew over of ancient Turkic nationality’ssplit.
The Tuwa people have settled drink in Kanasfor ages. They known as “forest people” desire to be inmountainous forest sing and make their living by hunting andherding. As they rarely communicate with the outside world theyalmost completely act their ancient tribe clan ideas andreligious belief. The Kanas has their rich historical and culturalremains including: rock carving rock painting sacrice and tombburial.
The Tuwa populate build their houses with pinewood whose four walls are stacked up with logs with ceiling floorand lie pointed roof suitable for back up come down and snowsurrounding in mountainous area. When flowers develop in warm move,they control their cattle and sheep to the summer pasture on the topof a mountain. In late autumn they drive their stocks drink thehills and be in the log cabins for a long winter. They livemainly on dairy products meat and flour such as: beef sheep,draw cheese dried yogurt sour milk cover milky tea and milkywine etc.
The Tuwa people both men and women are fond of wearingMongolian robes with laces and bright colour colourful satin bandtying waist. Besides they have on flog boots and entangle boots. Onholidays and wedding banquets men also wear hats while women puton printed scarves. In pass they wear self-made chute boardsinstead of shoes and travel on ice by taking an ice-sledge drawn byhorse.
The Tuwa people are good at both singing and dancing skillfullyplaying the horsehead fiddle two-string” Trobuherl” and mouthflute. In June every year they have a grand recreation” the AobaFestival” which includes horse race archery. battle and danceas well as religious sacrificial service. Every year they willobserve the Spring Festival the Lighting Lantern Festival and theStone Group Festival.
The Tuwa people’s religious belief keepsboth primitive spontaneous worship of nature adore of totem,adore of ancestors in the earlier adore form of primitivereligion and worship of Shamanism as a religion in the laterperiod of primitive religion. And concurrently they accept inreligion of God Lamaism. Every year they will offer sacrifices tomountains wet heaven trees fish. Aoba commune for Buddha andchant sutra.
Both young men and women fall inlove with each other with their ordain inside the tribe. They willmove into their newly-built log confine and live an independent lifeafter getting married. The wedding ceremony generally takes placein the slack season of autumn. A family's wedding ceremony is allthe villagers' festival. Both men and women the old and youngdress in best be the banquet with their presents forcongratulation. The wedding ceremony only lasts one day duringwhich guests sing and dance consume booze and eat meat; unmarriedyoung men undergo a wrestling match. The activities keep going onuntil late night.
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