Raglai people

The Raglai (Vietnamese pronunciation: [rā ɣlāːj]) people are a Chamic ethnic group mainly living in Khánh Hòa and Ninh Thuận provinces of Central Vietnam. They speak Roglai - a Malayo-Polynesian language. The word Raglai means Forest in their language. The Raglai's population was 146,613 in 2019.[2]

Raglai Dance in Ma Noi commune, Ninh Thuận province, Vietnam
Raglai
Chapi - one-string zither of Raglai - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi
Total population
 Vietnam 146,613[1] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Khánh Hòa, Bình Thuận, Ninh Thuận
Languages
Raglai • Vietnamese
Related ethnic groups
Cham people • Jarai people

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

The Raglai people use their own specific variants of Đàn đá, Gong, Đàn nhị, Kèn bầu, Đàn bầu instruments those named as PATƠU TILẼNG, CHHAR / CHĨNG, CANHĨ, CHAPI VILUAI respectively.[4]

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.
  5. "The traditional musical instruments of the Raglai people". baoninhthuan.com.vn. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  • 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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