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Mongolian marriage
2013-12-18
If a Mongolian young man takes a liking for a girl, he should entrust a matchmaker to send gifts such as sugar, tea leaves and pastern that symbolize harmony, wetness and prosperity wrapped in a white handkerchief to the girl's home.
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Russian marriage
2013-12-18
Russian ethnic minority strictly forbids marriages between close relatives such as cousins but does not limit marriages with other brotherly minorities.
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Daur marriage
2013-12-18
According to Daur's custom, the fiancée's side has to send betrothal gifts on a luck day set beforehand.
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Ewenki marriage
2013-12-18
Marriage between young men and women of Ewenki ethnic minority are mostly based on free choice.
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Barag marriage
2013-12-18
On the spectacular Hulun Buir Grassland, the birthplace of Mongolians, lives the most ancient branch of the Mongolian group -- the Barag Tribe
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The Ewenki ethnic group
2013-10-15
According to China's sixth national census, conducted in 2010, there are 30,875 ethnic Ewenki living in the country, compared with their 37,000-odd counterparts in Russia.