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Pai
Minchia (self-designation Paitzu, Paihuo), a people living in the western part of Yunnan Province (People’s Republic of China). Population, 800,000 (1967, estimate). The Pai language is related to the Tibeto-Burman group of languages. The religion of the Pai is Buddhism. Their chief occupation is farming (rice, sugarcane, vegetables, and fruit trees). The ancestors of the Pai, the western Ts’uan, were part of the medieval east Asian state of Nanchao, but in the tenth century they founded their own state of Tali, which was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. In 1956 the Tali Autonomous District was established in the Chinese People’s Republic. REFERENCENarody Vostochnoi Azii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1965.Pai an urban-type settlement in Prionezhskii Raion, Karelian ASSR. Located in the extreme south of the republic, it has a railroad station on the Petrozavodsk-Leningrad line. There is a state fur farm in Pai. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Through the PAI platform of Web services, users can access the suite of Trio features without the need for programming any of those features themselves. Founded in 1988 as an international non-governmental organization (INGO), PAI initiated its work in Yemen in 1998 in Wadi Hajjar, west of Mukalla, with a community-based health education program. E tem mais: não falei mais da família do escritor, dos pais e irmãos dele, por uma questão de oportunidade, como ocorreu em relação à vida acadêmica desse escritor. |
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