* K ' ni ( also spelled k ' ny or k ' ný )-one-string vertical fiddle with a resonating disc that is held in the player ’ s mouth ; played by the Jarai people of the Central Highlands

A smaller number of Jarai who have moved to urbanized areas have also converted to the Buddhist religion of the Vietnamese.

It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province ; Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar.

The Jarai live primarily in the Gia Lai and Kon Tum Provinces, with some others in the Dak Lak Province and a few thousand in Ratanakiri, Cambodia.

The Jarai language is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

The Jarai language is related to the Cham language of central Vietnam and the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar, Philippines and other Pacific Islands ( Hawaii, New Zealand, Rapa Nui, Samoa, Guam, Fiji, etc .).

The Jarai have a matrilineal culture ; that is, the lineage is traced through the mother rather than the father.

The 1950s and 1960s saw the Degar movement gain popularity among the Jarai and their Montagnard brethren ( Degar is a Rhade word meaning " sons of the mountain ").

Growth of the faith has been most dramatic among ethnic minority peoples ( Montagnards ) such as the Mnong, E De, Jarai, and Bahnar.

Minority groups such as the Muong, Tay, Chams, and Jarai, were collectively known as Montagnards and resided principally in the mountain regions of Indochina.

The main tribes, in order of population, are the Jarai, Rhade, Bahnar, Koho, Mnong, and Stieng.

It includes individuals from multiple tribal groups, including the Bahnar, Jarai, Koho, Mnong and E De ( or Rhade ) peoples.

The main tribes, in order of population, are the Jarai, E De, Bahnar, Koho, Mnong and Stieng.

Among the Khmer Loeu, the Rhade and Jarai groups have a well-developed hierarchy of spirits with a supreme ruler at its head.

Ethnic groups in Kon Tum Province include the Viet, Ba Na, Brau, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang.

Various linguistic connections between Cham and the related Jarai language and the Austronesian languages of Indonesia ( particularly Acehnese ), Malaya, Cambodia and Hainan has been documented, and they are sometimes grouped under Inner Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.

The speakers of Jarai number approximately 332, 557.

Guardian spirit of a Jarai tomb in Kon Tum province.

Following the Vietnam War, many Jarai ( as well as members of other Montagnard groups ) who had been allied with the United States were resettled with their families in the United States, particularly in the state of North Carolina.

Traditionally, the Jarai live in small villages numbering 50-500 in population.

The majority of Jarai are animists ; believing that demons inhabit all of creation.

In the 1970s, however, American missionaries under the Christian and Missionary Alliance brought Christianity to the Jarai.

As a result, the number of Jarai Christians in Vietnam and Cambodia now numbers upwards of 100, 000.

As a result of the movement, the Vietnamese government has become increasingly suspicious of the Jarai.

The Jarai perform their music on gongs, xylophones, zithers, and various other traditional instruments.

Dock Rmah, a prominent Jarai musician living in the United States, received a Folk Heritage Award from the North Carolina Arts Council in 1996.

As Vietnam now allows only six official religions, the Jarai are having more difficult times there.

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He also appeared in a Vietnamese music show " Paris By Night 99-Tôi Là Người Việt Nam " where he was interviewed by Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen.

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