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Churu people
The Churu (or Chru) people are a Chams related ethnic group living mainly in Lâm Đồng, and Bình Thuận provinces of Central Vietnam. They speak Chru, a Malayo-Polynesian language. The word Churu means Land Expander in their language. The Churu's population was 23,242 in 2019.
Some Churu villages have close ties with the Kaho people, so they speak Koho fluently, and even prefer Koho to Chru.
During the French colonial period, the most influential highland leaders in Đà Lạt area were Churu. They were said to be the most advanced among the highlanders because of their historical links to the Chams.
According to most of village elders of the Churu people in Lâm Đồng, their people were originally a group of close descendants of the Chams who lived in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. Amid constant wars with Khmer Empire and Đại Việt, the Cham aristocracy carried out exploiting their fellow laborers very badly. They forced the laborers to go deep into the forest to find ivory, rhino horn or go down to the river panning gold to tribute. Forced coolie recruit, soldier recruit constantly made the life of Cham farmers very hard. To avoid that heavy oppression and exploitation, some were forced to leave their homeland to find a new land. And they were the first immigrants who gave themselves the name Churu as it is today. They were the people who brought with them rice farming and pottery making of the Chams.
In Les Jungles Moï (The Montagnard Jungles), Henri Maitre commented that the Chams began to penetrate the Central Highlands since 1150 under the reign of Jaya Harivarman I, who defeated the Jarai people and Rhade people. After the fall of Vijaya at the end of Champa–Đại Việt War (1471), the rest of Vijaya royal family and clansman fled to Panduranga and started to conquer then govern the Raglai, Churu and Koho people in the nearby highlands.
Encouraged by Touneh Hàn Đăng, the Churu adopted some economic innovations from the Chams in the fields of weaving, pottery, and plowing in 1907.
The Churu are mainly residents of wet rice cultivation, unlike other Lâm Đồng indigenous residents who cultivate slash-and-burn agriculture.
The Churu have long known to turn animal husbandry into an active support for agricultural farming. Livestock such as water buffaloes, cattle and horses are used not only for sacrificial rites but also as drafts animal and sources of manure. Metal and woodworking were practiced, allowing for the production of plows (Chru: lơngar), harrows (Chru: sơkăm) and agricultural implements.
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Churu people
The Churu (or Chru) people are a Chams related ethnic group living mainly in Lâm Đồng, and Bình Thuận provinces of Central Vietnam. They speak Chru, a Malayo-Polynesian language. The word Churu means Land Expander in their language. The Churu's population was 23,242 in 2019.
Some Churu villages have close ties with the Kaho people, so they speak Koho fluently, and even prefer Koho to Chru.
During the French colonial period, the most influential highland leaders in Đà Lạt area were Churu. They were said to be the most advanced among the highlanders because of their historical links to the Chams.
According to most of village elders of the Churu people in Lâm Đồng, their people were originally a group of close descendants of the Chams who lived in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. Amid constant wars with Khmer Empire and Đại Việt, the Cham aristocracy carried out exploiting their fellow laborers very badly. They forced the laborers to go deep into the forest to find ivory, rhino horn or go down to the river panning gold to tribute. Forced coolie recruit, soldier recruit constantly made the life of Cham farmers very hard. To avoid that heavy oppression and exploitation, some were forced to leave their homeland to find a new land. And they were the first immigrants who gave themselves the name Churu as it is today. They were the people who brought with them rice farming and pottery making of the Chams.
In Les Jungles Moï (The Montagnard Jungles), Henri Maitre commented that the Chams began to penetrate the Central Highlands since 1150 under the reign of Jaya Harivarman I, who defeated the Jarai people and Rhade people. After the fall of Vijaya at the end of Champa–Đại Việt War (1471), the rest of Vijaya royal family and clansman fled to Panduranga and started to conquer then govern the Raglai, Churu and Koho people in the nearby highlands.
Encouraged by Touneh Hàn Đăng, the Churu adopted some economic innovations from the Chams in the fields of weaving, pottery, and plowing in 1907.
The Churu are mainly residents of wet rice cultivation, unlike other Lâm Đồng indigenous residents who cultivate slash-and-burn agriculture.
The Churu have long known to turn animal husbandry into an active support for agricultural farming. Livestock such as water buffaloes, cattle and horses are used not only for sacrificial rites but also as drafts animal and sources of manure. Metal and woodworking were practiced, allowing for the production of plows (Chru: lơngar), harrows (Chru: sơkăm) and agricultural implements.
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