E De people

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Ê Đê
Total population
270,348 (1999 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam
Languages
E De, Vietnamese
Religion
Christianity

The E De (also Ê Đê, Rhade, or Rade) are an ethnic group of the Hill Cham agglomeration of southern Vietnam (population 270,348 in 1999).

1 Language
2 Literature
- 2.1 Epic
3 Music
- 3.1 Musical instrument
- 3.2 Style of music
4 Notable E De people
5 External links

[edit] Language

A show perfoming gongs and horn of Ede people in Central Highland Gong Culture Festival 2007

Carved wooden column of an E De longhouse, with images of tortoise, iguana, wine jar, and tobacco pipe

An E De longhouse

The E De language is a member of the Chamic group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. It is related to the Cham language of central Vietnam, and the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar and the Philippines. They have a writing system developed on the basis of the Latin script in the 1920s.

[edit] Literature

[edit] Epic

Epics (E De language: klei khan), such as Klei khan Y Dam San, H'Bia Mlin, Dam Kteh Mlan, Mdrong Dam, etc. are told by epic tellers (E De language: po khan) next to the fire, through the night.

[edit] Music

Ede music is very deversifying and playing music is the way that Ede people communicate to the God (Ede language: yang) and to other people.

[edit] Musical instrument

Gong: Ede gongs is a part of World's intangible heritage "Space of Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam". There are some kinds of a set of gong. Knah gong set comprise six suspended gongs :knah, hlinang or knah hliang, mdu khơk or knah khơk, hluê khơk or mong, hluê hliang, hluê khơk điêt or k'khiêt, knah di, and the largest one is ching sar; as well as two bossed gongs: mđũ and ana (there is also h'gor drum). The others are: chinh k'ram, đinh tút.