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The Drung ethnic minority
 Drung is a small nationality with population of 5816
according to population census in 1990. Most of them live in GS Drung
and Nu Autonomous county Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan
Province. Small part of them lives in banks of Nujiang. Drung still
keeps many primeval customs. It has less record about
origin and history. It was named "qiao" in Yuan Dynasty and called
"qiuren" after Qing Dynasty. Drung has 50 father clans. Each father
clan has several brother clans. The way of traditional
living is primeval communist system, working together and having
materials together. The leader is in charge of coordinating. Wives
cook in turn and attribute food to everyone. So the primeval clan was
in the stage of separation.
Drung gorge is in the state of separation with the outer,
 keeping the
character of a primitive society and the primeval exchange of
articles. Drung people engaged in agriculture, picking and hunting. In
the past, they named "dulong" "dima" after P.R.C was founded. They was
named Drung based on their characters and will.
They belonged to Nanzhao,Dali in Tang-Shong Dynasty and was controlled
by Mushitusi in Yuan-ming-qing Dynasty.(further information, please
look "county government")
They founded GS Drung and Nu Autonomous County with Nu nationality in
1956. The county appropriated founds to improve transportation and
develop producing. From the on, Drung walked in the road of
prosperous.
Drung people keep good manners of society. No one picks up and pockets
anything lost on the road. No one lock the door. They never worried
about being stolen. If one family is in hot water, others will help
him. Now, modern life has changed the face of Drung, but these customs
are still keeping.
Not only man but also women are all drinking wine and smoking. The
famous handicrafts are Drung carpet and exquisite basket. Generally
people drape a Drung carpet pulling from armpit to chest. Before
outing, women will carry a basket on the back. It has become a part of
their ornament.
Drung is good at singing and dancing. Regardless of producing, hunting
or festivals, they all like singing and dancing to express their
feelings.
 Drung people must be come with presents when meet wedding and funeral
affairs. You will receive corns from guest at first. Then you will
serve the guest with "cialia" and "jimi".
Drung has his own language which belong to Tibetan Burma language
family of Hai-Tibertan. They carve the wood rope to record and
communicate because of no written words of their own.
Folk stories and poem of Drung are colorful such as Creating century,
Great floods beyond sky, Hunter shoot sun and Tangenggeng are fairy
tales. Stare girl, Girls and guys, sun mountain and An orphan fenggan
are published. They express their feeling in way of singing in folk
songs with dancing and instruments.
The way of marriage is complicated in history. The monogamy was
established. But polygamy exists. The most common are "wife sisters"
and " change room". But now it has been changed. The burials have
water burial, soil burial and fire burial. When soil burial, a coffin
is made of only one wood.
Drung villages where are close to a river and wood house are built on
the mountainside. The floors and walls are made from bamboo or round
wood.
Drung has only one festival whole year, that is " Kaquewa". It hasn't
regular time. Sometimes it
 is in the last moon of the lunar calendar.
At that time, all the villages invite each other to celebrate in the
memorial party. Drung believe in sprite in everything and worship
natural god such as mountains, rivers, trees and stones. Little number
of them believes in Christiarity. |
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