The answer lies in the region's distinctive history.
They are a subgroup of the Gelao but have a distinctive history.
German is the mother tongue of over 100 million people living in a number of countries, each with its own distinctive cultural history and traditions.
But it is the story of the death of a neighborhood, one with its own distinctive history, traditions and characters.
In Scotland this type of harp had a distinctive history.
Just about no one else in our generation had a distinctive, eyebrow-raising personal history by the time he turned 24.
They have distinctive history, culture, doctrine and literature which could certainly provide subject matter for fiction.
And then there was the voice, one of the best and most distinctive in rock history.
African America has, of course, a distinctive history, of profound pain and amazing grace.
Her clipped, patrician voice is considered one of the most distinctive in film history.