Cho Ro people

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Cho Ro
Total population

22,567 (1999 est.)

Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bình Phước,

Bình Thuận, Lâm Đồng, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu

Languages
Vietnamese, others
Religions
Traditional religion, Animist

The Cho Ro (or Chau Ro, Do Ro; Vietnamese: người Chơ Ro) are a Mon-Khmer ethnic group in Vietnam. Most Cho Ro live in the Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bình Phước, Bình Thuận, Lâm Đồng, and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu provinces. The population was 22 567 in 1999.

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