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Religion still has a wide influence throughout the ethnic minority areas. Lamaism has its followers mostly among the Mongolian, Tibetan, Tus and Yugur. Hinayana has believers mainly among such ethnic groups as the Bai, Dai, De'Ang, Achang, Bulang, Jingpo and some of the Wa. Islam has followers among ten ethnic groups: the Hui, Uigur, Kazak, Tatar, Kirgiz, Tajik, Ozbek, Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan. Protestantism found converts among the Miao and Yi, and some ethnic minorities living in western Yunnan. Believers in the Orthodox Eastern Church are found among small groups of Russians and Ewenki. Primitive fetishism and polytheism, ancestor worship, totemism and shamanism still has believers among ethnic minority groups as the Dulung, Nu, Wa, Shui, Dong, Bouyei, Jingpo, Gaoshan, Oroqen, Miao, Jinuo and Pumi.
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