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The Bulang nationality has a population of 85,000.
The majority of them live in on the Bulang Mountain, Bada, Xiding
and Daluo of Xishuangbanna The others are scattered in Yunxian,
Zhengkang, Yongde, shuangjiang, Gengma counties of Lincang
Prfecture; Cangyuan, Mojiang and Jingdong counties of Simao
Prefecture. The Bulangs nationality has its own
langrage, which belongs to the Mon-Khmer Branch of the Southern
Asian Language Family (Bulang Branch). They use the Han and the
Dai language as their writing systems. They believe in primitive
religion. Influenced by the Dai nationality, they also believe in
Theravada. In the Bulang mountain region of Menghai
County, the system of giving names based on the maternal side is
still in effect, which is a good example of the uxorilocal. After
the wedding ceremony, the bridegroom has to stay with the bride's
family for three years. After that ,when they have their own
children, the husband can take his wife back to his own house.
The Bulang piople's clothes are similar to the Dai's. The men wear
collarless black short coats, black loose trousers, and black or
blue turbans. The usually coil their hair in a bun and like to
wrap the hair with black cloth. Both men and women are fond of
dyeing their teeth, drinking wine, smoking and chewing betel nuts. |
