Identity blues: the ethnobotany of the indigo dyeing by Landian Yao (Iu Mien) in Yunnan, Southwest China

Abstract Background Indigo-dyed textiles have been central to the cultural identity of Landian Yao (literally “blue clothes Yao”) people in Southwest China for centuries, driving a significant local market for naturally dyed indigo cloth. In the past two decades, local indigo production for traditio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shan Li, Anthony B. Cunningham, Ruyan Fan, Yuhua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-019-0289-0