THE DAO
14 May 2018The Dao have up to 9 local subgroups. Each has its own traditional costume, the different features helping to distinguish one…
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THE KHMERS KROM
13 May 2018The Khmers Krom – literally meaning Khmer from below – live in the south of Vietnam where they constitute the second…
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THE GIAY
13 May 2018The Giay constitute one of the smallest ethnic groups in the country. They immigrated from China but settled in the northern…
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THE BRAU
29 April 2018In May 2016, I had the opportunity to meet the Brâu. It took me 2 days to get to the village,…
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THE XO DANG
20 April 2018I met A Dip, (76 years old) in 2017, around fifty kilometres from Kon Tum in the mountains. He belongs to…
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The Stieng
20 April 2018Like most ethnic groups, each village is led by a leader in the community who is well-versed in the affairs of…
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THE TA OI
20 April 2018Of the Tà Ôi’s 3 subgroups, only one, the Kan Tua people possess the knowledge of how to make the traditional…
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THE RO MAM
20 April 2018Meeting the Ro Mam was definitely the most intense and unbeatable experience in every way, after waiting 3 years for authorization….
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THE RAGLAI
20 April 2018The Raglai have always been a sedentary group. I went to search for them in October 2017. Only a few hours…
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THE MA
20 April 2018When ethnic villages, previously isolated, get absorbed by urban sprawl, the westernised way of living takes over the ancestral local traditions….
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THE HRE
20 April 2018The H’Rê live in social units up to 100 families. I met the Hrê of the Quảng Ngãi province for the…
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THE EDE
20 April 2018The Ede are organised in a matrilineal society, their houses have a distinctive look with some reaching up to 100 meters…
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THE COR
20 April 2018This traditional costume has been one of the hardest of the whole collection for me to find. It is only after…
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THE CO HO
20 April 2018The Cơ Ho, K’Ho or Koho as they are known, still mainly speak their indigenous Môn-Khmer language despite the fact that…
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THE CHU RU
20 April 2018The Chu Ru are said to have links to the Chăm group. This is evident in the style of their costume,…
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THE CHO RO
20 April 2018When I visited this group in October 2016, I spent 2 days with them. While asking the villagers about their traditional…
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THE CHAM
20 April 2018An Phuoc is a 7 year old girl from the Cham community and is known as the ‘girl with the cat…
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THE BRU VAN KIEU
20 April 2018Translated into Vietnamese, Bru-Vân Kiều means “people living in the woods”. I was fortunate enough to visit this group from Quảng…
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THE BAHNAR
20 April 2018I met the Ba Na people for the first time in 2013, during a motorbike trip between Hoi An and Kon…
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THE CAO LAN
16 April 2018I found the Cao Lan, in November 2017, while on an expedition in the mountainous province of Yen Bai, in northeast…
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THE SI LA
16 April 2018With only 709 members left, the Si La are Vietnam’s 5th smallest ethnic group. There is very little information about their…
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THE MANG
16 April 2018The Mang don’t have a written language but ethnologists believe they are indigenous to Vietnam’s northwesternmost corner. For a long time,…
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THE TAY
16 April 2018The Tay are Vietnam’s largest ethnic group and have a close relationship with the Kinh. They reside in the Northern provinces;…
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THE MUONG
16 April 2018With around 1.3 million members, the Muong represent the third largest cultural group in Vietnam. They are very close to the…
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THE KHO MU
16 April 2018I came across the Kho Mu several times, by chance, while I was searching for other ethnic groups, like in 2014…
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THE LU
16 April 2018“Why didn’t you come when I was still young and beautiful?” The words of Lò Vân Báu, 93, the village elder,…
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THE DAO MAN
15 April 2018Dao territory is made up of rice terraces and is listed as a natural national heritage. It’s absolutely breathtaking and a…
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THE THAI
15 April 2018The Thai ethnic group is divided into 2 groups, White Thai and Black Thai, both being organised in different subgroups. Second…
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THE PHU LA
15 April 2018A Phù Lá village is usually made up of around 10 – 15 households and the chief and the elders play…
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THE PA THEN
15 April 2018Finding this village was definitely one of my more challenging. After walking for what felt like an eternity and crossing a…
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THE NUNG
15 April 2018I met the woman in the photo at the incredibly vibrant Hoang Su Phi Market. This meeting was a wonderful and light-hearted experience….
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THE LO LO
15 April 2018This ethnic group is divided into 3 subgroups : the Flower, the Red and the Black Lo Lo. The latter get…
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THE LA CHI
15 April 2018The La Chí are very skilled and resourceful. The women are very good at threading, weaving, dyeing and embroidery. Men are…
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THE CO LAO
15 April 2018My first attempt to meet the Cờ Lao, in the vicinity of Hoàng Su Phì, was filled with adventure. As we…
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THE BO Y
15 April 2018My trip to meet the Bố Y in 2015 was full of adventure. I spent a whole day going round and…
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THE HMONG
15 April 2018My first trip to Sapa, in 2012, was a memorable experience and I’ve been back 10 times since. H’Mông traditions are…
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THE PU PEO
15 April 2018When I visited the Pu Péo in 2015, it took me a whole day to find this village, which is situated…
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THE O DU
15 April 2018In July 2016, I was privileged to meet the smallest ethnic group in Vietnam. With virtually no information available online, it…
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THE LA HU
14 April 2018La Hủ is said to mean ‘as powerful as a tiger’ and they were known to be very skilled tiger hunters….
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THE CO TU
14 April 2018For centuries, the Cơ Tu were wearing costumes made out of tree bark. They used 5 types of trees for their…
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THE M’NÔNG
13 April 2018I met the Mnông in two regions of Vietnam. The Mnông in the Binh Phuoc region a few hours from Ho…
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THE FLOWER HMONG
10 April 2018The Flower H’Mông is a subgroup of the H’Mông ethnic group. They are named for their brightly-colored traditional costumes, and when…
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THE HA NHI
10 April 2018The Ha Nhi ethnic group is said to be organised into 2 subgroups : Black Ha Nhi and Flower Ha Nhi….
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