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A night spent as a guest of the Achang people
would probably be spent enjoying one of their
favorite pastimes - singing alternating duets
between the men and the women. Some of the musical
instruments may include the bamboo qin (a stringed
plucked instrument), the bamboo flute, the gourd-shaped
sheng (a wind instrument), the sanxian (a three-stringed
plucked instrument), the elephant-leg drum and
the gong. Some of the young ladies may participate
in the drum or monkey dances.
The Achang people prefer sour dishes. For dinner, rice is their staple food.
Achangs are famous for their rice cultivation.
They have been able to build irrigation systems
that have transformed arid land into fertile
rice paddy fields.
Achang men wear blue, white
or black jackets which button down the front.
Married women wear skirts and jackets with tight
sleeves and wrap their heads with black or blue
cloth. Unmarried women wear trousers and tie
pigtails on top of their heads.
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