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In everyday life, there exists among the Dong, animistic religious beliefs and practices; benevolent and malevolent spirits exist everywhere in nature. Valley's, rivers, mountains, trees and rocks, the netherworld, bridges and wells, all have spiritual significance and attending spirits that must be acknowledged and taken care of in the proper way, so as to not destroy an existing balance.
In some parts of the mountains, the land cannot be dug; some trees are not to be cut; there are stones that cannot be cracked. If people trespass against beliefs, it is believed disaster is syre to follow.
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