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In addition to the ethnic groups reviewed during last weeks, Li de Hainan is provided officially with another three branches: the calls Bless, Meifu and Jiamao.
BRANCH BLESS
They are named call themselves dai and between them there is enough cultural and linguistic uniformity. They live in the area of Baisha constituting 6 % of the population Li in his autonomous prefecture. They Are they call them zhjmum, the gai call them Zum, the Meifu dailoi.
Formerly the men were doing braids to themselves in the hair, now they dress as they are. The women were combing for behind, the face and the body were tattooed, and the hair was wrapped with a cloth. They were dressing a wide blouse in neck in "V", and very short skirt, of less than 33 centimeters. They have a big artistic capacity, the women are famous for his embroideries, and the men for his sizes of bone and wood. They live in houses of two apartments with form of ship, below the animals and it arrives the persons. Much acculturated, his customs preserve those of the interior better.
BRANCH MEIFU
It is only 4 % of the Li, they are called to if the same dai, but they Are call them Meifu (they are lower one) and have adopted this name. His language similar to the Ha, and very similar to the Bendi.
Earlier men and women were taking pigtail, they were taking earrings, and were dressing black blouses without buttons, with two red cloths in the neck, the women were gathering the hair with white and black cloth. The women were tattooing the whole body, with frog drawings in the legs very similar to the Bendi.
BRANCH JIAMAO
It is the most special branch for language and customs. They are autonamed dai, but others call them detao to (eat). It is 7 % of the Li. They live in the part through this one of Baoting, area of Jiamao. Therefore, it is named them by the place that they inhabit.
The men dress already as they are, but earlier they were dressing like the Tongshen. The women dress blouses as they are, but his typical skirts. The rest of the customs is very similar to those of Gai de Baocheng.
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