Jarai

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The Jarai are an indigenous Austronesian-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting Vietnam’s Central Highlands and parts of northeastern Cambodia, known for their distinct matrilineal culture and traditional highland agricultural practices.

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Jarai canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWith Central Highlands indigenous groups
Montagnard peoples
countryMinorityIn Cambodia
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
cultivates cassava
coffee
maize
rice
culturalHeritage gong culture
descentSystem matrilineal descent
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Austronesian peoples
governedBy village elders
hasOralTradition epic poetry
folktales
kinshipSystem matrilineal
languageFamily Austronesian languages
linguisticSubgroup Chamic languages
marriageSystem bride-service
partOf Austronesian language family
populationStatus ethnic minority in Vietnam
indigenous minority in Cambodia
practices animal husbandry
primaryCountry Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
primaryRegion Central Highlands of Vietnam
region Southeast Asia
relatedGroup Bahnar
Cham
Rhade
other Chamic peoples
religion Buddhism
Christianity
residencePattern matrilocal
secondaryCountry Cambodia
secondaryRegion northeastern Cambodia
socialOrganization clan-based
speaks Jarai language
traditionalEconomy swidden agriculture
wet-rice cultivation
traditionalHousing longhouses
traditionalLaw customary law
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
traditionalSubsistence highland agriculture
uses stilt houses
usesInstrument gongs

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