Jarai

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The Jarai are an indigenous Austronesian-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting Vietnam’s Central Highlands and parts of northeastern Cambodia, known for their distinct matrilineal culture and traditional highland agricultural practices.

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Jarai canonical 9

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Central Highlands indigenous groups ⓘ
Montagnard peoples ⓘ
countryMinorityIn Cambodia ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
cultivates cassava ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rice ⓘ
culturalHeritage gong culture ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Austronesian peoples ⓘ
governedBy village elders ⓘ
hasOralTradition epic poetry ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
linguisticSubgroup Chamic languages ⓘ
marriageSystem bride-service ⓘ
partOf Austronesian language family ⓘ
populationStatus ethnic minority in Vietnam ⓘ
indigenous minority in Cambodia ⓘ
practices animal husbandry ⓘ
primaryCountry Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
primaryRegion Central Highlands of Vietnam ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedGroup Bahnar ⓘ
Cham ⓘ
Rhade ⓘ
other Chamic peoples ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
residencePattern matrilocal ⓘ
secondaryCountry Cambodia ⓘ
secondaryRegion northeastern Cambodia ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
speaks Jarai language ⓘ
traditionalEconomy swidden agriculture ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
traditionalLaw customary law ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence highland agriculture ⓘ
uses stilt houses ⓘ
usesInstrument gongs ⓘ

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