San Chay people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 169,410[1] (2009) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam : Tuyên Quang | |
| Languages | |
| San Chay, Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Zhuang, Buyei |
The San Chay people (Vietnamese: Người Sán Chay; also called Cao Lan) live in Tuyên Quang Province of the Northeast region of Vietnam, as well as some nearby provinces. They speak a form of Tai languages.[2] Their population was 169,410 in 2009.
Many live in remote areas, using slash-and-burn agriculture because those areas are not flat enough for patty rice production.[3]
They sing sình cồ (love songs) and celebrate the Slếch thlin mảy festival (New Rice festival).
Literature
The San Chay have many sayings:
- Rice is the most precious
- Grain feeds human.
- Literature is the secondly most precious
- It teaches human knowledge for safe purpose.
References
- ^ "The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census: Completed Results". General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. June 2010. p. 134. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Jean Michaud (19 April 2006). Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif. Scarecrow Press. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6503-7.
- ^ Jean-Christophe Castella (2002). Doi Moi in the Mountains: Land Use Changes and Farmers' Livelihood Strategies in Bac Kan Province, Viet Nam. Int. Rice Res. Inst. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-971-22-0270-4.
External links
| Austroasiatic (Vietic) | |
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| Austroasiatic (non-Vietic) | |
| Hmong–Dao | |
| Tai–Kadai | |
| Sino-Tibetan languages | |
| Malayo-Polynesian | |
| Expatriate | |
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