Dong People
The Dong (Chinese: 侗族; pinyin: Dòngzú; own name in Kam script: Gaeml ), a Kam–Sui people of southern China, are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are famed for their native-bred Kam Sweet Rice (Chinese: 香禾糯), carpentry skills, and unique architecture, in particular a form of covered bridge known as the "wind and rain bridge" (Chinese: 风雨桥). The Dong people live mostly in eastern Guizhou, western Hunan, and northern Guangxi in China. Small pockets of Dong speakers are also found in Tuyên Quang province, northern Vietnam (Edmondson & Gregerson 2001).
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“With hym ther was a plowman, was his brother,
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—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
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—Desmond Tutu (b. 1931)