Tày people

E738309

The Tày people are one of Vietnam’s largest ethnic minority groups, known for their wet-rice agriculture, stilt houses, and rich folk music and festivals concentrated in the northern mountainous regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tay people 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
clothingStyle indigo-dyed garments
continent Asia
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
culturalHeritage intangible cultural heritage of Vietnam
ethnicGroupInCountry Vietnam NERFINISHED
festivalType agrarian festival
folkMusic Lượn singing
Sli singing
Then singing
houseMaterial bamboo
wood
houseRoofMaterial thatch
tiles
language Tày language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages NERFINISHED
livelihoodEnvironment mountainous regions
river valleys
mainCrops cassava
maize
rice
populationRankInVietnam second-largest ethnic minority
recognizedAs official ethnic minority of Vietnam
region Northeast Vietnam NERFINISHED
Northern Vietnam NERFINISHED
Northwest Vietnam NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Nùng people NERFINISHED
Thai people NERFINISHED
Zhuang people NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Vietnamese folk religion NERFINISHED
ancestor worship
scriptUsage Latin script NERFINISHED
Vietnamese alphabet NERFINISHED
traditionalClothingColor dark indigo
traditionalClothingFeature simple long tunic
traditionalDwelling stilt house
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
forestry
handicrafts
subsistence farming
wet-rice agriculture
traditionalFestival Lồng Tồng festival NERFINISHED
traditionalInstrument lute
đàn tính
typicalSettlement low mountain slopes
valley villages

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Hòa Bình Province ethnicGroup Tày people
Lao Cai Province hasEthnicGroup Tày people
this entity surface form: Tay people
Yen Bai Province hasEthnicGroup Tày people
this entity surface form: Tay people