The Nakhi aka Naxi is a tribe living in the Tibetan Foothills of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in SW China and traditionally adherents to the Dongba Religion. The Dongba religion is based on the balanced relationship between nature and man. In Dongba mythology, "Nature" and "Man" are half-brothers, having different mothers. The religion is an off-shoot of the beliefs of the 900 year old Tibetan Bön religion. The word "Dongba" literally means "wise man" in the Nakhi language.