The 3,700 Mang people of northwestern Vietnam were once nicknamed the “Yellow Leaf People.” Due to their slash and burn nomadic lifestyle, the Mang built temporary houses from forest leaves. When the leaves turned yellow, they moved to a new location. The Mang people have five main clans, each having its own sacred animal. Both men and women traditionally practiced chin-tattooing as a rite of passage marking adulthood and community belonging. When someone died, they believed, the tattoos enabled the deceased ancestors to recognize that they are from the same family and allow the soul to live with them in heaven. The Mang people raise buffalo, cattle, goats, chickens, and pigs. Many of their woven products, such as baskets, mats, and carrying baskets, are highly valued by other ethnic groups. Pray that near culture peoples can reach the Mang with the gospel and shine the truth of God’s word into their lives so that there will be many Mang standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9,10).