Lolo script

Have you ever heard of people called Lolo (or Yi), who live in China in southern Sichuan and not only have their own language, but a script totally different from Chinese? They have always fought the Chinese tooth and nail and only the Maoists managed to subdue them. But even today their language is still officially recognised. In the city of Xichang, the biggest in the region, all public notices, including names of shops, are in both languages - Chinese and Lolo. In a museum in this town one can see ancient books and modern newspapers written in their language, with a script that clearly is not Chinese. One can even buy a magazine with Lenin in a distinctive Lolo headdress. Xichang is a typical Chinese communist city but you one can see plenty of Lolos in their turbans in the streets.