Cho Ro people

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Chơ Ro
Total population
 Vietnam 29,520 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bình Phước, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
Languages
VietnameseChrau
Religion
AnimismTheravada Buddhism

The Chơ Ro (or Chau Ro, Do Ro; Vietnamese: người Chơ Ro) are a Mon–Khmer people in Vietnam. Most Chơ Ro live in the Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bình Phước and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces. The population was 29,520 in 2019.

Their New Year Festival (Cho Ro language: Yang Pa) has the purpose of worshipping their Rice God.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.