Epics in Raglai people’s cultural life

Epics in Raglai people’s cultural life

(VOVworld) –Raglai epics are a narrative genre passed down orally from generation to generation. Epics are retold during community events. To Tuan talks about epics and their position in the...
Typical musical instrument of the Raglai

Typical musical instrument of the Raglai

(VOVworld) – The Raglai have many kinds of musical instrument - Ma La flat gongs, the Sarakel wind instrument, and the Chapi. In the Raglai’s cultural life musical instruments are treasured possessions...
Grave leaving ceremony of the Raglai

Grave leaving ceremony of the Raglai

(VOVworld) – Raglai people believe that there is a world for the living and another for the dead and only the world of the deceased is eternal. With such a belief,...
New rice ceremony of the Raglai

New rice ceremony of the Raglai

(VOVworld) – The Raglai people have several ceremonies relating to the life cycle of a man or a tree. The new rice ceremony is the biggest event of all. After harvesting and stockpiling rice...
Stilt house of the Raglai

Stilt house of the Raglai

(VOVworld) – The Raglai prefer to build their stilt houses on high land areas near a water resource. Each hamlet has several stilt houses and the villagers are of the same...
Cham’s Kate festival opens

Cham’s Kate festival opens

(VOVworld) – The Kate festival, the biggest annual festival of the Cham ethnic people of the Balamon religion, opened in Phan Rang City in Ninh Thuan province on Thursday
Wednesday December 4, 2013

Wednesday December 4, 2013

A: Dear listeners, as the year enters its final days, everybody in the world including the Vietnamese seem to be getting busier and more in a rush. The hurried...
The Cham ethnic groups in Vietnam

The Cham ethnic groups in Vietnam

(VOVworld) – The Cham ethnic groups speak a dialect of the Malayo-Polinesian language and are related to the Raglai, Ede, Chu Ru and Gia Rai groups in Vietnam. The Cham people share ethnic...
Trees for poverty alleviation

Trees for poverty alleviation

(VOV) – Son Binh commune in Khanh Son District, Khanh Hoa province, has identified tree cultivation as a way to increase profitability and farmers’ incomes. Local ethnic people know that finding a...
State President on a working visit to Ninh Thuan

State President on a working visit to Ninh Thuan

(VOVWorld) - President Truong Tan Sang visited Phuong Tien commune, the poorest commune in Bac Ai suburban district, at the start of his working visit to the central Ninh Thuan province on Saturday. Sang heard...