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Bulang people
Summary
The Bulang (布朗族, Bùlǎngzú; also spelled Blang) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Yan & Zhou (2012:147) list the following autonyms of ethnic Bulang in various counties.
plaŋ31 (布朗): in Xishuangbanna
a55 vaʔ55 (阿佤): in Shuangjiang and Lancang counties
ʔu33 tɤr11 (乌德尔): some Bulang of Shuangjiang; means 'mountain people'
ʔu55 (乌): in Yongde (ʔu˥˩ in Gantang 甘塘), Zhenkang, Shidian (ʔu55 in Hazhai 哈寨), Changning counties
vaʔ55 (佤): in Mojiang County
Exonyms for Bulang include (Yan & Zhou 2012:147):
mɔn33 (谟): Dai exonym for the Bulang of Xishuangbanna
a bø55 (阿别): Hani exonym for the Bulang of Xishuangbanna
la31 (拉): Dai exonym for the Bulang of Shuangjiang
kha33 phv53 (卡朴): : Lahu exonym for the Bulang
pa̠ ʔa̠ɯ̠ʔ (巴尔克): Wa exonym for the Bulang of Cangyuan
Puman (濮曼, 蒲满): Han Chinese exonym for the Bulang
People classified as Bulang in China speak various Palaungic languages, including Blang and U.
The Blang language belongs to the Palaungic branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Within the Palaungic branch, Blang belongs to the Waic subgroup, which also contains the languages of the Wa and Lawa peoples in addition to Blang. Some Blang also speak the Chinese language and Southwestern Tai languages in addition to Blang. Two systems of writing, based on the Latin alphabet, have been developed: 'Totham' in the Xishuangbanna and 'Tolek' from Dehong and Lincang.
Chinese ethnographers identify the Blang as descendants of an ancient tribe known as the "Pu" (濮), who lived in the Lancang river valley during ancient times. It is believed that these people were one branch of a number of peoples that were collectively known to the ancient Chinese as the Bǎipú (百濮, literally Hundred Pu).
Traditionally, the Blang considered teeth blackened by chewing betel nuts a beauty characteristic.
The women usually dress in jackets with black skirts. The men had tattoos in the torso and the stomach. They dressed in wide black trousers and jackets buttoned to the front.
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