K'Ho people in Lam Dong through multidimensional perspectives

Lam Dong Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just sent to readers the anthology "K'Ho people in Lam Dong - multidimensional approach" published by Social Sciences Publishing House, co-edited by folklore researcher Mai Minh Nhat and Tran Thanh Hoai.

K'Ho - Di Linh people preserve traditional festivals

500 pages of book with 26 research articles on the K'Ho people in Lam Dong in all fields of economics , culture, society, ethnology, anthropology, cultural studies, sociology, linguistics, folk literature... in all stages of development from the past, to the present and the future, has provided readers with a panoramic picture of the K'Ho people in Lam Dong with interesting perspectives.

Mr. Tran Thanh Hoai (editor-in-chief) said: Research on the K'Ho people has been a topic of interest to many scientists since the beginning of the 20th century during the French colonial period; in the past 20 years, the number of scholars researching the K'Ho people has increased. There have been many scientific articles on the K'Ho community in Lam Dong, sometimes presented at conferences and seminars, sometimes published in specialized journals. Unlike monographs on the K'Ho people which are quite popular, scientific articles on the K'Ho people appear sporadically and are only accessible to a few people.

The opening of the book, “Overview of the K'Ho people and research on the K'Ho people in Lam Dong ” provided a lot of general knowledge about the name, origin, history of the ethnic group, local groups, population, residential area, economic activities, social life, cultural life. Accordingly, the K'Ho people are one of the 12 local ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, speaking the Mon - Khmer language, residing concentratedly in the Di Linh plateau and Lam Vien plateau since the Paleolithic era (archaeological discoveries) with the branches of Lach, Chil, Sre, Nop, Co Don, T'ring...

Co Ho people - Di Linh preserve traditional festivals

The book brings readers to each aspect such as: Changes in economic activities of the K'Ho people in Lam Dong province from the renovation to the present; livelihoods from the forest of local ethnic minorities in Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve; brocade weaving of the Chil Bon Ja people in Lam Dong province; the transformation process of the K'Ho village organization in Lac Duong; traditions and changes in marriage of the K'Ho Sre people in Tam Bo - Di Linh; transformation of the matriarchal family form of the K'Ho Chil people in Lam Dong today; rituals in the traditional swidden cultivation cycle of the K'Ho Chil people in Da Long - Dam Rong; agricultural rituals of the K'Ho Sre - Di Linh; the relationship between the K'Ho and the Ma people from a linguistic perspective; folk knowledge about the society of the K'Ho Sre - Di Linh through folk poetry; characteristics of decorative patterns of the K'Ho people; Gong culture of the K'Ho people in the trend of international integration; cultural tourism and the issue of protecting and promoting heritage of the K'Ho people in Lach - Lac Duong...

The past 50 years have seen dramatic changes in all aspects of K'Ho people's lives, with changes in economic activities such as production of goods, services, community tourism, and poverty being pushed back; leading to changes in all aspects such as housing, clothing, cuisine, beliefs, religions, customs, folk performances, etc.; along with that, many traditional cultural heritages have also faded and disappeared.

The collection “The K'Ho people in Lam Dong - a multidimensional approach” allows readers to look back at the past to clearly see the future development of an ethnic group, thereby affirming: Socio-economic development must always go hand in hand with preserving and maintaining traditional cultural values.

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