The Barrow nationality is mainly distributed in the southeast of Tibet. According to the statistical yearbook of China -202 1, the population of Barrow ethnic group in China is 4237, which is the smallest ethnic group in China. Loba is what Tibetans call them, meaning southerner. Domestic slavery still existed before liberation. 1August, 965, officially recognized as a single nation.
The Barrow ethnic group is mainly distributed in the Luo Yu area between Chayu in eastern Tibet and Menyu in western Tibet, mainly engaged in agriculture and hunting. Barrow people have their own language, basically using Tibetan, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman language family.
Most of the Luoba people live in the alpine valley area west of the bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Until the middle of the 20th century, the Lhoba society was still in the last stage of primitive society, and it is still being followed. Relying on the oral legends handed down by their ancestors, the Barrow people continue their own cultural traditions.
Festivals of the Barrow people
1, "Xudulong": This is a festival for the Lhoba people in many areas to commemorate and mark festivals. Its main content is to pray for a bumper harvest. The moon changes twelve times to represent a year. Generally speaking, after the Xudulong Festival, the Barrow people will enter the busy farming season.
2. Niwu Festival: "Niwu" means "start sowing" and can be translated as "sowing festival". The specific date is decided by each household.
3. Nibobo Festival: "Nibobo" means "building a small house in the field". This is a festival prepared by Benny tribe for summer harvest crops.
4. Andy Ruomu Festival: "Andy Ruomu" means "celebrating the end of early rice harvest".
5. Longde Festival: a celebration held within the clan to pray for happiness and prosperity. It is held once every three years or so, and the specific date is decided by the ox department to kill the chicken and see the liver.
6. "East is as ancient as wood": This is a grand festival, and the time is on December 15th in the Tibetan calendar. After a year of hard work, it means celebrating a bumper harvest.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Barrow.