Return to the Land of Deities by Colette FuThe Naxi are one of China's 55 officially recognized minority ethnic groups of China whom mostly reside in Lijiang Province. Na means senior and honored, and Xi means people. Naxi Dongba writing consists of pictographic glyphs which can only be interpreted by a "Dongba" priest. Dongba religion is based on the belief that both man and nature are half brothers born of different mothers and the same father. Its scripture places an emphasis on this