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THE Drung is one of China’s smallest ethnic groups. Most of its 5,000 number live in the isolated Drung River valley region of Yunnan Province. Enclosed by Gaoligong Mountain in the east, Dandanglika Mountain in the west and south and bordering Tibet in the north, dense snow makes their habitat inaccessible for six months of the year. The Drung believe that everything on earth has a soul. They are hospitable to visitors, and go to great pains to offer them gifts. They still farm by the slash-and-burn method, as more modern agricultural
THE Drung is one of China’s smallest ethnic groups. Most of its 5,000 number live in the isolated Drung River valley region of Yunnan Province. Enclosed by Gaoligong Mountain in the east, Dandanglika Mountain in the west and south and bordering Tibet in the north, dense snow makes their habitat inaccessible for six months of the year. The Drung believe that everything on earth has a soul. They are hospitable to visitors, and go to great pains to offer them gifts. They still farm by the slash-and-burn method , as more modern agricultural