Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Chinese dwarves set up their own village

A community of dwarves has set up its own village to escape discrimination from normal sized people.

The dwarves, happy in their village and apparently performing a musical number
The dwarves, happy in their village and apparently performing a musical number

Everyone in the mountain commune in Kunming, southern China, must be under 4ft 3ins tall - and they run their own police force and fire brigade from their 120 residents.

Now the group has turned itself into a tourist attraction by building mushroom houses and living and dressing like fairy tale characters.

As small people we are used to being pushed around and exploited by big people. But here there aren't any big people and everything we do is for us,' said spokesman Fu Tien.

3 comments:

Terry Nelson said...

Remember the time Cathy's house fell on them? It was awful - but Cath emerged unscathed - as pretty as ever.

belinda said...

I've heard that there's a Catholic village like this in Florida... I think.
My real estate agent refused to relocate.
Now that I've come to my senses I bet it's a village of self rightousness and guilt.

Vincenzo said...

Belinda, funny - I just spent the past couple of hours talking about Florida with someone.