Giay people

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Giáy
Total population

49,098 (1999 est.)

Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Cao Bằng, Lào Cai, Hà Giang
Languages
Vietnamese, others
Religions
Buddhism, Animism

The Giáy are an ethnic group in Vietnam.

The Giay speak a Tai language. Most live in the Lào Cai, Hà Giang, Lai Châu, and Cao Bằng provinces of northern Vietnam. The population was 49,098 in 1999.

They serve dishes called lạp siềng and lò nùng. They sing vương and phướn. They celebrate the Roóng Poọc festival on the snake day of the first lunar month.

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