Zhe Pama and Zhe Mima is a voluminous poetry legend of the A Chang people. Nowadays, it is told mainly in the Dehong-Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Region in Yunnan Province in both poetic song and colloquial forms.
The population of the A Chang people numbers nearly 30,000, and is located primarily in Dehong, Yunnan. In the A Chang's religious and folk activities, the Zhe Pama and Zhe Mima is essential. People also sing it when they build houses and welcome relatives or matchmakers for weddings. The beginning part is a sort of family tree, which praises Zhe Pama and Zhe Mima, the ancestors of the A Chang people who created human beings and made them multiply.
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