Southeastern Luoluopo in China

The Southeastern Luoluopo have only been reported in China
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Introduction / History

Although they have received status as a separate ethnic group in Vietnam, the Southeastern Luoluopo have not been so fortunate in China where they are considered to be just one subgroup of the massive Yi nationality. The self-name of this group is Luoluopo. Southeastern has been added to distinguish this group from the other Luoluopo groups in China who speak completely different languages, even though they share the same autonym.

According to Vietnamese sources, the Luoluopo migrated to Vietnam in two different waves: one in the fifteenth century and the other in the eighteenth century. This suggests that the Luoluopo have been living in southern China for more than 500 years. In recent years, many of the Southeastern Luoluopo in China who live near the townships or in the valleys have started mixed communities with the Han Chinese and are rapidly losing their language and culture.


What Are Their Lives Like?

When a Luoluopo dies, his or her relatives organize a "dance of the spirits." They believe this dance will help the soul find its way back to the resting place of its ancestors. At the dance the son-in-law of the deceased carries a bag on his shoulder. Inside the bag is a cloth ball which represents the head of the deceased person.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Luoluopo are a very religious people. Even their homes are arranged to reflect this. The altar to the "spirit of the house" stands against the back wall. A room on the right side contains a bedroom with a fireplace and the room on the left side contains the kitchen and the ancestral altar. The oldest surviving member of each family is expected to maintain the altar and to faithfully execute all the ancestral ceremonies and rituals. In addition to their intricate system of ancestor worship, the Lolo believe in two gods who created the world, Mit Do and Ket Do. Ket Do created the entire universe and mankind, while Mit Do governs the earth and watches over the Luoluopo.

The Southeastern Luoluopo are one of the most neglected and gospel-starved peoples in the region.


What Are Their Needs?

Without the guidance of Christ, these people are like sheep without a shepherd. They need the good shepherd in their families and communities.


Prayer Points

Pray for the authority of Christ to bind hindering spiritual forces to lead them from darkness to light.

Pray for signs and wonders to happen among them and for great breakthroughs with a rapid multiplication of disciples and house churches.

Pray for bold workers who are driven by the love of the Holy Spirit to go to them.

Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.


Scripture Prayers for the Luoluopo, Southeastern in China.


References

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Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Luoluopo, Southeastern
People Name in Country Luoluopo, Southeastern
Natural Name Southeastern Luoluopo
Pronunciation Luoh-luoh-po
Alternate Names Bailuo; Hanluo; Heiluo; Hualuo; Lolo; Lolo, Southeastern
Population this Country 47,000
Population all Countries 47,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 18568
ROP3 Code 114185
ROP25 Code 304855
ROP25 Name Luoluopo
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country A total of more than 35,000 Southeastern Luoluopo live in southern Yunnan Province of China. The majority, more than 20,000, live in Maguan County. Some live in Funing and Xichou counties (5,000 each). An additional 4,000 live in Malipo County and 1,600 in Honghe County. The Southeastern Luoluopo also spill across the border into northern Vietnam where approximately 3,200 are recognized as the official Lolo minority group.   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country A total of more than 35,000 Southeastern Luoluopo live in southern Yunnan Province of China. The majority, more than 20,000, live in Maguan County. Some live in Funing and Xichou counties (5,000 each). An additional 4,000 live in Malipo County and 1,600 in Honghe County. The Southeastern Luoluopo also spill across the border into northern Vietnam where approximately 3,200 are recognized as the official Lolo minority group..   Source:  Operation China, 2000
Map of Luoluopo, Southeastern in China Ethnolinguistic map or other map

Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
92.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
8.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Nisi (47,000 speakers)
Language Code yso   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Nisi (47,000 speakers)
Language Code yso   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Nisi

Primary Language:  Nisi

Bible Translation Status:  Translation Needed

Resource Type Resource Name Source
None reported  
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Map Source People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.  
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