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Operation China Luoluopo, Central July 10 Location: More than chance for Luoluopo from descended from tigers. The SICHUAN 350,000 Central Luoluopo different locations to meet hero of the festival is the GUIZHOU live in the central and north and trade. Luoluopo youth tiger, a person in costume •Panzhihua central parts of Yunnan dress in their finest clothes who, after dancing on the •Dayao •Wuding Province. The great majority and take the opportunity to open ground, rides a YUNNAN •Chuxiong •Kunming are located in Chuxiong meet prospective partners. Mountain god float to call on • •Mile Prefecture. In a 1957 study, The social activities of the each home in the Scale Xinping •Yuxi 0 KM 160 Chuxiong reportedly week include a unique community and offer them a Population in China: contained 140,000 traditional dance in which blessing. 1 344,600 (1999) Luoluopo. participants may only dance 353,400 (2000) on their left foot. At all Christianity: French Catholic 443,500 (2010) Identity: The name Central Luoluopo festivals a missionary Alfred Liétard Location: Yunnan Religion: Polytheism Luoluopo means “tiger- huge feast is prepared. and his team worked among Christians: 200 dragon people” in the Luoluopo men and women the Central Luoluopo in the Luoluopo language. It is not have the habit of smoking early part of the twentieth Overview of the the same name as Lolo, long pipes. Central Luoluopo century. They wrote a Central Luoluopo which was used by the youth are expected to be detailed account of the Countries: China Chinese in a derogatory sexually active before group in 1913.5 The Pronunciation: “Luoh-luoh-po” manner to describe all Yi marriage. All villages have a missionaries also translated Other Names: Luoluopuo, Lolo, 2 Lolopo, Bai Yi, White Yi, Gaoshan, people until recently. The “flower house” where young the text of the “Prodigal Tu, Alu, Lulupu, Luolu, Hei Yi, Central Luoluopo are one of people are allowed to come Son” into Central Luoluopo,6 Black Yi, Gaoshanzu more than 100 subgroups together after dark. Fidelity although this is no longer Population Source: 344,600 (1999 J. Pelkey); of Yi in Yunnan. in marriage is stressed only available. Today there are a Out of a total Yi population of after the first baby is born. small number of Central 6,572,173 (1990 census) Language: The Central Luoluopo Christians Location: Yunnan: Chuxiong (83,000), Nanhua (74,000), Luoluopo speak a language Religion: The Central attending churches in the Yao’an (43,000), Jingdong belonging to the Central Yi Luoluopo celebrate the Tiger townships, but the majority (34,000), Shuangbai (33,600), language group, which in Festival between the eighth of Luoluopo have never Mouding (31,000), Lufeng (21,000), Xiangyun (8,000), 1987 contained a total of and the 15th days of the heard the gospel. Central Yuanmou (6,000), Wuding 470,000 speakers.3 The Yi first lunar month. The Luoluopo gospel recordings (3,400), Xinping (3,100), Nanjian script is not used by the Luoluopo believe they are were produced in 1998. (3,000), and Lijiang (1,500) counties Central Luoluopo. Status: Officially included under Yi History: The Central Language: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmese-Lolo, Luoluopo have been in their Lolo, Northern Lolo, Yi, Central Yi present location for many Dialects (3): centuries. Over time the Nanhua, Chuxiong, Yao’an best land on the plains was Religion: Polytheism, Animism, Christianity taken by the Han. The Christians: 200 Central Luoluopo were Scripture: None forced to migrate into the Jesus film: None isolated mountains.4 Gospel Recordings: Yi: Luoluopo #04937 Christian Broadcasting: None Customs: The Central ROPAL code: YIC00 Luoluopo celebrate numerous festivals over the Status of Evangelization course of the year, most of which have religious 94% significance. In January they observe the two-day Dragon Worship Festival. Sacrifices are made to the dragons of the water to ensure a good 5% 1% harvest and to prevent A B C drought and famine. In A = Have never heard the gospel Dayao County, the Central B = Were evangelized but did not become Christians Luoluopo celebrate the C = Are adherents to any form of Open Street Festival every Christianity February. It affords the Jamin Pelkey 314 LUOLUOPO, CENTRAL.
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