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Bà Chúa Xứ's ethnicity has been identified by some as the same as the Cham goddess Po Inu Nagar (Vietnamese people have Vietnameseized this goddess into Thiên Y A Na), the Chinese goddess Mazu, a Khmer Black Lady or even as Quan Âm. Despite the adoption of Chinese, Khmer, and Cham ethnic traits, she is an example of a being who accepts ...
Lembong's father resided in Manado, the ancestral homeland of the Minahasan ethnic group, implying a possible adoption of Indonesian surnames influenced by the region's geography or neighboring ethnic communities. [17] Another example of this phenomenon is the Moluccan surname Afaratu. [15]
Nearly as large is the Chinese Indonesian community. The 2010 Indonesian census reported more than 2.8 million self-identified Chinese, or about 1% of the general population. [ 25 ] Just as in Thailand, though, previous legislation (in this case, 127/U/Kep/12/1966 ) had banned ethnic Chinese surnames throughout the country.
According to 2009 census, there are 18,444 ethnic Hoa in Bắc Giang province, the majority of them living in Lục Ngạn district. However, some ethnic Hoa identify themselves as Nùng or Sán Chay. [316] Chinese Nùng and Ngái: The Nùng are a Tai ethnic group in Vietnam, related to the Zhuang of China. The Chinese Nùng are Cantonese and ...
Ba Cụt was born circa 1923 in Long Xuyên, [2] a regional town in the Mekong Delta, in the far south of Vietnam. He was orphaned at an early age and adopted by a local peasant family. Ba Cụt was illiterate and was known from childhood as a temperamental and fiery person. [2]
The Cor people used to maintain a chieftain system. The village chief (Karah Pley) is the head of the community (Pley). The village chief is chosen on the basis of knowledge, experience and the trust of villagers. Each village organise a body of militias called Lok kok or Lok kal (lit. "Brave men") for self-defense.
Map of Cao Bang province in 1909. Cao Bằng's history can be traced to the Bronze Age when the Tày Tây Âu Kingdom flourished. The Tây Âu or Âu Việt were a conglomeration of upland Tai tribes living in what is today the mountainous region of northernmost Vietnam, western Guangdong, and southern Guangxi, China, since at least the 3rd century BC.
The Haroi people, who are currently considered a sub-ethnic of the Cham people, were historically said to be the Bahnar people who lived in the Champa city-states.They then slowly assimilated with other Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups such as the Cham, until they became the Cham people and adopted the Cham language and culture which had quite a high Austroasiatic influence.