单项选择题

“Local fetes, dress, customs, ceremonies, rites and beliefs that in the past have contributed to the rich panoply of human folkloric and ethnological variety, are fading away or becoming the preserve of minority and isolated groups, whilst, the bulk of society abandons them, adopting more practical habits better suited to our times.” 
What does “them” refer to?
A、Local fetes, dress, customs, ceremonies, rites and beliefs.
B、The rich panoply of human folkloric and ethnological variety.
C、Minority and isolated groups.
D、Not mentioned.