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The Tujia people live in south central China.
Most speak Chinese and are very much like the
Han people. The land is rainy and forested,
so farmers grow rice, corn, sweet potatoes,
and wheat. The women weave and embroider, selling
their crafts on the market. In spite of this,
most of the people are poor.
Some Tujia practice the "wedding wail."
The bride begins to wail two weeks before the
wedding. Her tears are symbolic of her reluctance
to leave her parents and sisters. On the eve
of the wedding, the bride and her friends sit
around the fire and weep together.
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