Dai Paxi
帕西傣 | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Xishuangbanna, Yunnan | |
| Languages | |
| Dai languages (Tai Lü), Mandarin Chinese, some Arabic for religious purposes | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dai people, Hui people, other Chinese Muslim groups |
The Dai Paxi (帕西傣), also called Dai Hui (回傣), are a small ethnoreligious group in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. They are an branch of the broader Dai people who converted to Islam through historical contact with Hui Muslims and Muslim traders. The community blends Dai ethnic culture with Islamic religious practices, forming a distinctive identity.