The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (, endonym: ) are a
Tibeto-Burman ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
. They form one of the
56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the
People's Republic of China. They live in an area called the Jino Mountains (Jinuoshan 基诺山) in eastern
Jinghong
Jinghong (; khb, ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩁᩩ᩵ᨦ; th, เชียงรุ่ง, , ; lo, ຊຽງຮຸ່ງ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ' ...
,
Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna, Sibsongbanna or Sipsong Panna ( Tham: , New Tai Lü script: ; ; th, สิบสองปันนา; lo, ສິບສອງພັນນາ; shn, သိပ်းသွင်ပၼ်းၼႃး; my, စစ်ဆောင် ...
,
Yunnan province.
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.
A former name used for the Jino, ''Youle'', means "following the maternal uncle," an indication of a
matrilineal past.
The Jino have a population of 20,900 people according to the census of the year 2000.
Most of the Jino concentrate in Jinoshan, 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.
Among their cultural practices is
tooth painting, in which soot made from pear trees is used.
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)
Ethnic groups in Yunnan
Ethnic groups officially recognized by China
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