Brau people

The Brau people (Vietnamese: Người Brâu) are an ethnic group living in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In Vietnam, most Brau live in Đắc Mế village, Bờ Y commune, Ngọc Hồi district, Kon Tum province (Đặng, et al. 2010:112), and the population was 525 in 2019. They speak Brao, a Mon–Khmer language.

Not to be confused with Bru people.
Brau
Chief mahout at the Airavata Elephant Foundation, Mr Bonruen of the Brau people, by constructing a roof for a ceremonial building
Total population
39,000 (2019) [1]
Regions with significant populations
 Laos: 27,000 [1]
 Cambodia: 11,000 [2]
 Vietnam: 525 (2019)[3]
Languages
Brao • Vietnamese
Religion
Animism

The Brau have only two surnames: Thao (for male) and Nang (for female). They have customs such as uốt bưng (filing teeth), tavattơpit (strain ears), and chingkrackang (tattoo on forehead). They tell about the Great Flood in their "Un cha đắc lếp" story, and about the Beings named Pa Xây. They play táp đinh bố.

In their traditions, close to nature and hunting, belongs capture, taming and training of elephants, referred to as Ruhe in the Brau Language, and the last three elephants belonging to Airavata Elephant Foundation in Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, are cared for, by mahouts of the Brau people.[4]

References
  1. Joshua Project, Country: Laos, Ethnic People Group: Brao. 2020.
  2. Joshua Project, Country: Cambodia, Ethnic People Group: Brao. 2020.
  3. "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. The elephant Bak Mai as database record in the Elephant Encyclopedia by Dan Koehl
  • Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, Chu Thái Sơn, Lưu Hùng. 2010. Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers.


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