Jino people

The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (simplified Chinese: 基诺族; traditional Chinese: 基諾族; pinyin: Jīnuò zú, endonym: [tɕyno] or [kyno]^{[citation needed]}) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan province, China.^[1]

The Jino are one of the less numerous of the recognized minorities in China and the last one included as "national minority" because they were only recognized in 1979. ^{[citation needed]}Their name means in their language: "Descending from the uncle" what shows that the Jino lived in a matriarchal society until recent times, in which the maternal uncle's authority was the most important in the family. ^{[citation needed]}

The Jino have a population of 20,900 people according to the census of the year 2000.^[1] Most of the Jino concentrate in the Jinoshan Mountain, in a series of mild hills with wet climate near Mengyang Township in Jinghong Municipality, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. They live in an area of about 70x50 km. They live in subtropical rainforest, home of elephants, wild oxen and monkeys.^{[citation needed]}

Tooth painting also are of their special cultural practice,dyeing tooth to black color with plant,abit tattoo related, considered to be beautiful.

Population distribution

This table shows the population distribution of the Jino nationality on the county level, according to the figures of the last census of 2000. (Showing only values above 0.10%.)

References

External links

• The Jino ethnic minority (Chinese government website)