 Silver bracelets of H're Quảng Ngãi, 1946 - Vietnamese Women's Museum - Hanoi | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 149,460 (2019)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Vietnam :Quảng Ngãi,Bình Định | |
| Languages | |
| Hrê •Vietnamese | |
| Religion | |
| Mahayana Buddhism |
TheH're people (Vietnamese:người H'rê) are an ethnic group ofVietnam that speak a language in theMon–Khmer family. Most H're live inQuảng Ngãi, though a minority live in theBình Định andKon Tum provinces ofCentral Vietnam.[2]
In 2015, the population of H're in Quảng Ngãi province was 132,745 people consists of
A third of the population ofAn Lão District in Bình Định Province were Hre in 1996 (around 5,800 people).[3]
In the old ages, the H're used to call themselves following the river name of their residence. During theNguyễn dynasty, the H're were recognized by some other names such as Chăm Rê, Chăm Quảng Ngãi, Thượng Ba Tơ, Man Thạch Bích, Mọi Ðá Vách.[4][5]
The H're are mainly residents ofwet rice cultivation, just a small part of them cultivateslash-and-burn agriculture.[4]
Their popular livestock are buffalos, pigs, dogs and chickens. The only handicrafts are wickerwork and weaving, but less developed now, especially weaving is only left in a few areas.[4]
In their traditional festivals, H're people widely use their special kind ofgong namedchiêng Ba - a trio of a father, a mother and a child gong - to play performance based on four basic melodies Chinh Năng, Chinh K’oa, Chinh H’lay và Chinh Tuguốc.[5]
| Austroasiatic (Vietic) | |
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| Austroasiatic (Bahnaric) | |
| Austroasiatic (other) | |
| Hmong–Dao | |
| Tai–Kadai | |
| Sino-Tibetan (Chinese) | |
| Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) | |
| Malayo-Polynesian | |
| Immigrants and expatriate | |
The 54 officially recognised ethnic groups are ranked by population in their language families according to2019 census
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