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The Bulang of China (853 words) |
 | Bulang villages were traditionally made up of about 100 households that represented up to a dozen clans, (groups having a common ancestry). |
| Bulang women are fond of chewing betel nut, the seed of the betel palm. |
| The primary religion of the Bulang is Theravada Buddhism, which emphasizes Buddha as a historical figure, the virtues of the religious life, and the authority of the Tripitika. |
| People of South East Asia (10602 words) |
| The Bulangs with a population of 87,700 mainly live in close communities at 1,500 to 2,300 meters above sea level in the mountains of Menghai County in Xishuangbanna. |
| The Bulang's language belongs to the Wa-De'ang branch of the Mon-Khmer group of the Austro-Asiatic family. |
| Some Chinese experts claim that the Wa, the Bulang and the De'ang are the descendants of the ancient Pu people that migrated 2000 south-west, from the lower Yangzi area where Sino-Asiatic languages prevailed, to reach the Wa's resent habitat. |
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