Golok people

The Golok or Ngolok (Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག; Chinese: 果洛; pinyin: guǒluò) peoples live in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China around the upper reaches of the Yellow River (Wylie: dmar chu) and the sacred mountain Amne Machin (Wylie: rma rgyal spom ra). The Golok were renowned in both Tibet and China as ferocious fighters free from Tibetan and Chinese control.

The Golok are not an homogeneous group but are composed of peoples of very different geographic origins across the Khams and Amdo region. The Golok was a haven for refugees and immigrants from all over the Amdo and Kham and they are an amalgamation of peoples of diverse origin.

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