The Daur people (simplified Chinese: 达斡尔族; traditional Chinese: 達斡爾族; pinyin: Dáwò'ěr zú; the former name "Dahur" is considered derogatory^{[citation needed]}) are a Mongolic-speaking sub-ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. They numbered 132,394 according to the latest census (2000), and most of them live in the Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner (Mòlì Dáwǎ Dáwò'ěrzú Zìzhìqí 莫力達瓦達斡爾族自治旗/莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗) in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. There are also some near Tacheng in Xinjiang, where their ancestors were moved during the Qing Dynasty.

Language[link]

Daur is a Mongolic language. There is no written standard, although a Pinyin-based orthography has been devised by the native Daur scholar Merden Enhebatu. The Daur language retains some Khitan substratal features, including a number of lexemes not found in other Mongolic languages. It is made up of three dialects: Bataxan, Hailar, Qiqihar.

History[link]

The Daur (Tagour) placed between the Nonni River and the Amur River on a 1734 French map. Yaxa was a Daurian town prior to its fall to Khabarov's Russian raiders in 1651.

Genetically, the Daurs are descendants of the Khitan, as recent DNA analyses have proven.^[1] In the Qianlong Emperor's "钦定《辽金元三史语解》" he retranslates "大贺", a Khitan clan described in 《辽史》, as "达呼尔". That's the earliest theory claim Daurs are descendants of Khitans.

In the 17th century, some or all of the Daurs lived along the Shilka, upper Amur, and on the Zeya River. They thus gave their name to the region of Dauria, also called Transbaikal, now the area of Russia east of Lake Baikal.

By the mid-17th century, the Amur Daurs fell under the influence of the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty which crushed the resistance of Bombogor, leader of the Evenk-Daur Federation in 1640. When the Russian explorers and raiders arrived to the region in the early 1650 (notably, during Yerofei Khabarov's 1651 raid), they would often see the Daur farmers burn their smaller villages and taking refuge in larger towns. When told by the Russians to submit to the rule of the Tsar and to pay yasak (tribute), the Daurs would often refuse, saying that they already pay tribute to the Shunzhi Emperor (whose name the Russians recorded from the Daurs as Shamshakan).^[2] The Cossacks would then attack, usually being able to take Daur towns with only small losses. For example, Khabarov reported that in 1651 he had only 4 of his Cossacks killed while storming the town of the Daur prince Guigudar (Гуйгударов городок) (other 45 Cossacks were wounded, but all were able to recover). Meanwhile the Cossacks reported killing 661 "Daurs big and small" at that town (of which, 427 during the storm itself), and taking 243 women and 118 children prisoners, as well as capturing 237 horse and 113 cattle.^[2] The captured Daur town of Yaxa became the Russian town Albazin, which was not recaptured by the Qing until the 1680s.

Facing the Russian expansion in the Amur region, between 1654 and 1656, during the reign of Shunzhi Emperor, the Daurs were forced to move southward and settle on the banks of the Nen River, from where they were constantly conscripted to serve in the banner system of the Qing emperors.

When the Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1931, the Daurs carried out an intense resistance against them.

Culture[link]

There is a very noticeable hierarchic structure. People sharing the same surname are in groups called hala, they live together with the same group, formed by two or three towns. Each hala is divided in diverse clans (mokon) that live in the same town. If a marriage between different clans is made, the husband continues to live with the clan of his wife without holding property rights.

During the winter, the Daur women wear long dresses, generally blue in color and boots of skin which they change for long trousers in summer. The men dress in orejeros caps in fox or red deer skin made for winter. In the summer, they cover the animal's head with white colored fabrics or straw hats.

A customary sport of the Daur is Beikou, a game similar to field hockey or street hockey, which has been played by the Daur for about 1,000 years.^[3]

Religion[link]

Many Daurs are shamanists. Each clan has its own shaman in charge of all the important ceremonies in the lives of the Daur. However there are a significant number of Daurs who have taken up Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism).

Notes[link]

1. ^ Li Jinhui (08/02/2001). "DNA Match Solves Ancient Mystery". china.org.cn. http://china.org.cn/english/2001/Aug/16896.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Вадим Тураев (Vadim Turayev), О ХАРАКТЕРЕ КУПЮР В ПУБЛИКАЦИЯХ ДОКУМЕНТОВ РУССКИХ ЗЕМЛЕПРОХОДЦЕВ XVII ("Regarding the omissions in published documents of Russian 17th-century explorers") (Russian)
3. ^ McGrath, Charles (August 22, 2008). "A Chinese Hinterland, Fertile With Field Hockey". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/sports/olympics/23hockey.html. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 

External links[link]

• Unicode Manchu/Sibe/Daur Fonts and Keyboards
• The Daur ethnic minority (Chinese government site, in English)

Kapil Sharma is a stand-up comedian and actor from Amritsar, India. He was born on 18 april 1971. He was the winner of stand up comedy reality series, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Season 3) on STAR One, where he received acclaim for his stand-up comedy characters, Lala Roshan Lal and Shamsher Singh (the Punjab Police cop).^[1][2] In 2010, he won the Comedy Circus's 2010 version, Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars, Comedy Circus Ka Jadooand In 2011 he won Jubilee Comedy Circus in a tie with Krushna Abhishek - Rajiv Nigam, Comedy Circus Ke Tansen and Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur on Sony Entertainment Television, partnering with Parvati Singhal, Shikha Singh, Ali Asgar, Shweta Tiwari and others.^[3]

Career[link]

He participated in a comedy reality show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008), between contestants of Comedy Circus performed against those from Great Indian Laughter Challenge here he partnered with comedian Rauf Lala,^[4] and also co-hosted comedy show Chhote Miyan (2008) with Juhi Parmar on Colors.^[5] In 2009, he joined the comedy reality show Hans Baliye (STAR One), as a wild card entry, along with Ginni as a partner.^[6] He stood second in "Star Ya Rockstar".

Genre[link]

He has acted in movies like, The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Khakee (2004), and in 2010, he appeared on comedy film, Bhavnao Ko Samjho, written and directed by comedian Sunil Pal, which had a record 51 stand-up comedians.^[7][8] he won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen. He has worked on comedy show Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur with his partner Shweta Tiwari and won it .

He is a man of multiple talents. He has done serious roles in theatres as well but he is got a perfect sense of timing when it comes to humor. He is also a great singer and showed his talent in Star Ya Rockstar. He was a wild card entry and reached upto the finale where he stood second. He is currently working on Kahani Comedy Circus Ki

References[link]

He is rumoured to be a part of Aneez Bazmee's upcoming Hindi Movie, "Its My Life".The film will star Harman Baweja and Genelia Dsouza in the lead roles.

External links[link]

• Kapil Sharma at the Internet Movie Database
• Natasha out of Comedy Circus

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