Bahnar people
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The Bahnar are an ethnic group of Vietnam
living primarily in the Central Highland
provinces of Gia Lai
and Kon Tum
, as well as the coastal provinces of Bình Định
and Phú Yên. They speak a language in the Mon–Khmer language family.
s and string instruments made from bamboo
.
Gong Kpo not Groong Kpo tonoi
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
living primarily in the Central Highland
Tây Nguyên
Tây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam. It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng....
provinces of Gia Lai
Gia Lai Province
Gia Lai is a province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.-Administrative divisions:The province is divided into one city , two towns , and 13 districts:#Chư Păh#Chư Prông#Chư Sê#Đắk Đoa#Đắk Pơ#Đức Cơ#Ia Grai#Ia Pa...
and Kon Tum
Kon Tum Province
Kon Tum province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.-Name:...
, as well as the coastal provinces of Bình Định
Binh Dinh Province
Bình Định is a province of Vietnam. It is located in Vietnam's South Central Coast region.-Administration:Binh Dinh is divided into one city and 10 districts:*An Lão*An Nhơn*Hoài Ân*Hoài Nhơn*Phù Cát*Phù Mỹ*Tuy Phước*Tây Sơn*Vân Canh...
and Phú Yên. They speak a language in the Mon–Khmer language family.
Music
Like many of the other ethnic groups of Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Bahnar play a great number of traditional musical instruments, including ensembles of pitched gongGong
A gong is an East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat metal disc which is hit with a mallet....
s and string instruments made from bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
.
Epic
Epics (Bahnar language: h'amon) such as Dam Noi represent centuries-old aspirations of Banar people.Notable Bahnar
- Dinh Nup, a hero who led villagers to carry out a war of resistance against the French colonial regime. He became the main character of a famous novel entitled Đất nước đứng lên ("Country rising up"), written by Nguyên Ngọc
- Ja Dok, a heroine, the wife of Nguyễn Nhạc
- Siu BlackSiu BlackSiu Black is a prominent Vietnamese popular singer from the Central Highlands. She is a member of the Ba Na ethnic group....
, popular singer
Festival
- Koh Kpo (or Groong Kpo Tonơi): a festival to express gratitude toward YangYangYang may refer to:* Yang, in yin and yang, the word for one half of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, described as "bright positive masculine principle" in Chinese dualistic cosmology* Yang County, in Shaanxi, China...
(the God) with the main activity being the stabbing of a water buffalo.
External links
- Bahnar language page at Ethnologue site
Gong Kpo not Groong Kpo tonoi
See also
- Bahnar languageBahnar languageThe Bahnar language is a Central Bahnaric language. It has nine vowel qualities and phonemic vowel length....
- Bahnaric languagesBahnaric languagesThe Bahnaric languages are a group of about thirty Mon–Khmer languages spoken by about 700,000 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Paul Sidwell notes that Austroasiatic/Mon–Khmer languages are lexically more similar to Bahnaric and Katuic the closer they are geographically, independently of...
- DegarDegarThe Degar are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The term Montagnard means "mountain people" in French and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam. In Vietnamese, they are known by the term thượng - this term can also be applied to other minority ethnic...
- List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
- Tây NguyênTây NguyênTây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam. It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng....
- Demographics of VietnamDemographics of VietnamThis article is about the demographic features of the population of Vietnam, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....