Raglai people

The Raglai (Vietnamese pronunciation: [rækleɪ]) people are a Chams related ethnic group mainly living in Khánh Hòa Province of South Central Coast, and Ninh Thuận Province of South East of Vietnam, with a population around 146,613 in 2019.

Raglai
Total population
 Vietnam 146,613[1] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Khánh Hòa Province, Ninh Thuận Province, Bình Thuận Province
Languages
Raglai • Vietnamese
Related ethnic groups
Cham people • Jarai people

The word Raglai means Forest in the Roglai language. They speak a language in the Malayo-Polynesian language family.[2]

Raglai Dance in Ma Noi commune, Ninh Thuận province, Vietnam

History

The Raglai people have lived in the high and rugged mountains in the west of Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận provinces, next to the Cham people in the South Central Coast plains for a very long time. The two groups of Cham and Raglai have had a deep relationship during their history. The thousand-year-old remaining proverb "Cam sa-ai Raglai adei" (Cham oldest sister, Raglai youngest sister) proved their blood relations.[3]

Culture

They sing Akha Jukha, play Saraken and Chapi.

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. "Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs - Introduction about Raglai people". cema.gov.vn. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. "The relation between Chams and Raglai peoples". dantocmiennui.vn. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. "Vietnam National Museum of History - Hero Pinăng Tắc". baotanglichsu.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  • Hải Liên. 2002. Trang phục cố truyền Raglai. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Đại Học Quốc Gia Hà nội.
  • Nguyễn Hữu Bài, et al. 2014. Văn hóa dân gian Raglai ở Khanh Hòa. Hồ Chí Minh City: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa - văn nghệ. ISBN 978-604-68-1078-0
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