Name of ethnic group: Brau (Brao).
Population: 313 people (Year 1999).
Locality: Dak Me Village, Bo Y Commune, Ngoc Hoi District, Kon Tum Province.

Customs and habits

The traditional features of Brau tattoos their faces, bodies and files their teeth. Their houses are built on stilts. Young men and women select their partners freely. The marriage ceremony is hold by the bride's family and the groom should live together with his wife's family for many years before bringing his wife and kids to come home.

Culture

The Brau language is of the Mon-Khmer Group. The Brau wish to play gongs and ancient musical instruments. Especially, a collection of 2 gongs referred to as the chieng tha has great value in their culture. Young women usually play Krong place, a musical instrument that contains 5-7 bamboo tubes, each long and short, that are joined together. The sound is made when air is forced into them by the clapping of the hands.

Costumes

Ladies wear plenty of jewellery around their arms, ankles, and necks. Men often put on loincloths and women wear pagnes.

Economy

The Brau have led a nomadic life for a very long time, however conjointly observe slash-and-burn cultivation so as to grow rice, corn, and cassava using rudimentary tools.

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