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The '''Bahnar''' (also spelled '''Ba Na''') are an ethnic group of [[Vietnam]] living primarily in the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highland]] provinces of [[Gia Lai Province|Gia Lai]] and [[Kon Tum Province|Kon Tum]], as well as the coastal provinces of [[Bình Định Province|Bình Định]] and [[Phú Yên Province|Phú Yên]]. They speak the [[Bahnar language]] that belongs to the [[Mon–Khmer languages|Mon–Khmer]] language family.
The '''Bâhnar''' ({{IPA-vi|βna}}) are an ethnic group of [[Vietnam]] living primarily in the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highland]] provinces of [[Gia Lai Province|Gia Lai]] and [[Kon Tum Province|Kon Tum]], as well as the coastal provinces of [[Bình Định Province|Bình Định]] and [[Phú Yên Province|Phú Yên]]. They speak the [[Bahnar language]] that belongs to the [[Mon–Khmer languages|Mon–Khmer]] language family.
[[File:Người Ba Na.jpg|thumb|Bahnar women dancing]]
[[File:Người Ba Na.jpg|thumb|Bahnar women dancing]]
[[File:Múa xoang.jpg|alt=|thumb|Bahnar women dancing]]
[[File:Múa xoang.jpg|alt=|thumb|Bahnar women dancing]]

Revision as of 00:17, 26 June 2020

Bahnar
Total population
 Vietnam 286,910 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam
Languages
Bahnar • Vietnamese
Related ethnic groups
Tampuan people

The Bâhnar (Vietnamese pronunciation: [βna]) are an ethnic group of Vietnam living primarily in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum, as well as the coastal provinces of Bình Định and Phú Yên. They speak the Bahnar language that belongs to the Mon–Khmer language family.

File:Người Ba Na.jpg
Bahnar women dancing
Bahnar women dancing
A Bahnar rong (communal house) in the village of Kon Kotu.
Bana Cathedral in Kon Tum

Music

Like many of the other ethnic groups of Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Bahnar play a great number of traditional musical instruments, including ensembles of pitched gongs and string instruments made from bamboo. These instruments are sometimes played in concert for special occasions, which may also involve ceremonial Rượu cần (rice wine) drinking and group dancing.

Literature

Epic

Epics (Bahnar language: h'amon) such as Dam Noi represent centuries-old aspirations of Banar people.

Notable Bahnar

  • Dinh Nup, a hero who led villagers to carry out a war of resistance against the French colonial regime. He became the main character of a famous novel entitled Đất nước đứng lên ("Country rising up"), written by Nguyên Ngọc
  • Ja Dok, a heroine, the wife of Nguyễn Nhạc
  • Siu Black, popular singer

Festival

  • Koh Kpo (or Groong Kpo Tonơi): a festival to express gratitude toward Yang (the god) with the main activity being the stabbing of a water buffalo. A possible Chamic reconstruction of this name would be 'Gleng Ka Ppo Tanguei' 'Dedication to the God of the Corn.' Contemporary Bahnar refer to this ceremony as the even more truncated 'Gong Kpo.'

References

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  • Bùi Minh Đạo. 2011. The Bahnar people in Viet Nam. Hanoi: Thế Giới Publishers. ISBN 978-604-77-0319-7
  • Đào Huy Quyền. 1998. Nhạc khí dân tộc Jrai và Bahnar [Musical instruments of the Jrai and Bahnar]. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản trẻ.

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