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The Mảng (Chinese: 莽人; pinyin: Mángrén; Vietnamese: Mảng) are an ethnic group living primarily in Vietnam and China.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,150 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Vietnam 4,650 (2019)[1]China (Yunnan) | |
| Languages | |
| Mảng (Vietnamese or Chinese as second languages) | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional (polytheistic) • Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Khmu, Palaung |
In Vietnam, they are one of Vietnams' 54 officially recognized ethnic groups. They mainly reside in Hua Bum and Nậm Ban communes of Nậm Nhùn district of Lai Châu province. The Mảng population according to the 2009 Population and Housing Census was about 3,700 people.
There are also about 500 Mảng living in the Yunnan province of southern China, where they are officially termed an undistinguished nationality.
The Mảng language is part of the Pakanic branch of the Austroasiatic language family.
Culture
editThe Mảng practiced chin-tattooing for women who reach puberty.[2] In the past, they were nicknamed "Yellow Leaf People" due to their slash and burn nomadic lifestyle. They used forest leaves to build temporary houses. When the leaves turned yellow, they would move to another place.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "Phong tục xăm cằm của người Mảng: Huyền bí một đức tin". Vietnamnet.vn (in Vietnamese).
- ↑ "Revival of the "Yellow-Leaf" Ethnic Minorities".
Further reading
editExternal links
edit- Mang language page from Ethnologue site
- RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F7-D@view Mang in RWAAI Digital Archive
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