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The Deang Name: Deang, Benglong, Bulei, Liang, Rumai Population: 17,000 Habitat: Yunnan Province, Dehong Prefecture, Baoshan, Lincang and Pu'er Regions. Burma, many areas near the China border, mainly in the Shan State. |
Introductory
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The History
of the Deang: It is believed that the ancestors of
the so-called Deang were the Pu, a people mentioned in the chronicles
of the Chinese Qin Dynasty.
Deang Religious Syncretism: There is a Buddhist temple in almost every village. But these coexist alongside a great number of nature sites, such as trees.
The Goddess of the Rice of the Deang: The most important of their traditional deities, is honored several times along the year.
The importance of tea in Deang culture and life: Though the relationship between the Ang and the tea has been known in the anthropological records from the times when Chinese ethnologists effected their first collection of Deang myths, a comprehensive study of the manifold aspects that this relationship develops, and the way in which the tea, tea drinking, tea cropping, tea treasuring, affects Deang lives had not been published before.
Myths
and songs of the Deang: In "The ancestors create
the world" we see the god Potare guiding the creation of the world
and mankind.
Love among the
Deang: The young people are free to choose their partner.
In all stages of court and marriage, music and tea…
Scholars Researches available in the Web
Books and references
Basic
Bibliography of the Deang
Chinese Bibliography of the Deang
Photo Exhibitions
Some
Photo exhibitions about the Deang: We found the best
photos about the Deang Nationality in Chinese web places.
Music
Deang
music
A guide to download their music
Films and Video
Documentary
Films about the Deang
Available dvds and vcds about the Deang
Image of the the Deang in the cinema.
Art and Handicrafts
Image
of the Deang in the art: Deang Women, a painting of the master Huang
Zhou.
Travel
Travel
to Deang lands
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