Sui people, spelled as Shui people, are an ethnic group living mostly in Guizhou Province, China.
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10 Facts About Sui people
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The name "Sui people, " which means "water" in Chinese, was adopted during the Ming Dynasty.
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Sui people speak a Kra–Dai language, part of the Kam–Sui people languages.
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Traditional Sui people houses are usually made of fir or pine, although today the houses are increasingly made with bricks.
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The Sui people possess a lunar calendar that is initiated in the ninth lunar month.
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Sui people women give glutinous rice to relatives when visiting them.
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Rice spirits are popular among the Sui people, and are consumed during marriages, funerals, festivals, and building raising events.
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Sui people are mainly polytheists and practice ancestor worship as well.
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The Sui people religion has more than 900 ghosts and gods that can cause both good fortune or misfortune .
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Sui people have a wide array of taboos and superstitions, such as :.
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