Work in groups.
1. Choose an ethnic group in Viet Nam you are most interested in.
2. Do a little research about it, focusing on its:
- living place (homes or villages)
- economy
- traditional culture
3. Make a poster (including pictures and information) to introduce the group.
4. Present your poster to the class.
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History: The Tay people were present in Vietnam very early, from the end of the first millennium BC and were one of the first owners of ancient Vietnam.Population: According to the census on the 53 ethnic minorities as announced on April 1, 2019, the total population of the Tay ethnic group is 1,845,492.
Language: The Tay language is a subfamily of the Thai-Kadai language group.
Housing: Traditional houses of the Tay people include three basic types: houses on stilts, half-stilt houses and half-ground houses and defensive houses. In particular, the house on stilts is the most popular traditional type of house. The roof is covered with grass, palm leaves, cork or tile.
Economic conditions:
+ exploited the valleys and hills of their habitation into fields and fertile terraces, into forest gardens with palm, anise, and green fruit trees.
+ know how to diversify their crop structure, combining traditional farming techniques such as intercropping, crop rotation, the use of microbiological and chemical fertilizers, developing livestock with many types of cattle and poultry. The Tay people have many handicrafts such as knitting, weaving, dyeing indigo, making tiles, and woodworking.
Art: The Tay people have many folk songs such as luon, then, quan lang, vi singing, lullaby, and folk songs.
(Source: Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, ‘Vietnam’s ethnic groups’ book.
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Today, my group will introduce about the Tay people, an ethnic group which has been presented for over three millennium in Vietnam. The Tay people mostly live in valleys of Nothern provinces like Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang to Lao Cai and Yen Bai. According to the census on the 53 ethnic minorities as announced on April 1, 2019, the total population of the Tay ethnic group is 1,845,492. The Tay people speak the subfamily of Thai-Kadai people.
Tay people live in three kinds of houses: houses on stilts, half-stilt houses and half-ground houses and defensive houses. But house on stilt is the most common one. And the roof is covered with grass, palm leaves, cork or tile so it’s environmentally friendly.
To earn a living, they exploited the valleys and hills to make fields for crops and forest garden to grow palm anise, and fruit tree. They also raise cattle and poultry and have many handicrafts such as knitting, weaving, dyeing indigo, making tiles, and woodworking.
Tay people have many folk songs such as luon, then, quan lang, vi singing, lullaby, and folk songs. They also have folk dance like then and traditional musical instrument like dan tinh.