Eastern Cambodia

Other names: Xa Khao, Xa Xua, Xa Don, Xa Dang, Xa Hoc, Xa Ai, Xa Bung, and Quang Lam) Population 10,272 people Locality Son La and Lai Chau provinces. Customs & Habits The Khang live in houses built on stilts, with three rooms. Each house has two kitchens, one kitchen is for cooking daily meals and the other is for warming and cooking meals to worship dead parents. Khang marriage...Read More

Other names: Cham Re, Chom Kre and Luy Population 113,111 people Locality The western parts of Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces. Customs & Habits The Hre are atheists. The small-sized nuclear family unit is very common among the Hre. They live in stilt houses and the village chief is considered to have high prestige and plays an important role in village life. Culture The Hre language belongs to the...Read More

Other names: Dgich, Tareh, Giang Ray, Pin, Trieng, Treng Ta Lieng, Ve, La Ve, and Bnoong Population 30,243 people Locality Kon Tum Province and the mountainous areas of Quang Ninh Province. Customs & Habits The Gie Trieng lives in long houses built on stilts. Houses in the village are arranged in a circle around the Rong (communal house). A young woman decides when they will marry according to their own...Read More

Other names: Cor, Col, Cua and Trau Population 27,766 people Locality Bac Tra My and Nam Tra My districts of Quang Nam Province; Tra Bong District of Quang Ngai Province. Customs & Habits The Co believes that all things have souls, and they worship the souls of rice grains. In former days, the Co lived in long houses built on stilts. Recently, the Co has built shorter houses that are...Read More

Other names: Gao, Ha, Phuong, and Ca Tang Population 50,458 people Locality Tay Giang, Dong Giang and Nam Giang districts in Quang Nam Province; A Luoi and Phu Loc districts in Thua Thien-Hue Province. Customs & Habits The Co Tu believes in and worships Giang (Genie). In fact, the houses are in the form of an ellipse. Normally, in the middle of the village is the Rong (Communal House), a...Read More