The Wa People and The Naga People | Yunnan China and Northeast India

Historically, the Wa have inhabited the Wa States, a territory that they have claimed as their ancestral land since time immemorial. The Wa originally had animist religious beliefs centered around ritual blood sacrifices.

The chewing of betel with areca nut was formerly also an important custom.[9] The Wa have different kinds of traditional dances. One important dance in their culture is accompanied by the beating of a large hollow wooden drum.

The Wa people also have a well-engrained drinking culture, with large amounts of local moonshine being produced and are widely believed to on average consume the largest amount of alcohol in China.

Many of the Wa are animists and a small proportion of the population follows a derivative of either Buddhism or Christianity.