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{{Short description|Ethnic group of southwest China}}
{{Redirect|Blang|the language|Blang language}}
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[[Image:ManpoVillage.jpg|thumb|300px|The Blang village of Manpo, Xishuangbanna.]]
The '''Blang''' (布朗族, Bùlǎng Zú; also spelled '''Bulong''') '''people''' are an [[ethnic group]]. They form one of the 56 [[List of ethnic groups in China|ethnic groups]] officially recognized by the [[China|People's Republic of China]].
==Religion==
The Blang are traditionally associated with [[animism]], ancestor worship, and [[Theravada Buddhism]]. Writing in 2011, James Miller described these overlapping traditions as follows, "The Blang, like many nationalities in southwest China are Theravada Buddhists, but their highly complex religious life is also informed by local beliefs and customs that relate to the traditional ecology, with special attention being paid to rice, water, bees, beeswax, and the various local spirits that are associated with them."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fore.research.yale.edu/news/item/the-religion-and-ecology-of-the-blang-minority-nationality/|title=News - The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale|website=Fore.research.yale.edu|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> An overtly Christian missionary source (i.e., with observations reflecting attempts to convert the Bulang) describes them as "ardent followers of Theravada Buddhism", and offers as an estimate that 80% of the Bulang are "professing Buddhists", with a lower estimate of 35% being "practicing Buddhists".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asiaharvest.org/pages/profiles/china/chinaPeoples/B/Bulang%20(B).pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062334/http://www.asiaharvest.org/pages/profiles/china/chinaPeoples/B/Bulang%20(B).pdf |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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