Offering rites of the Gia-rai people
Other names: Giơ-rai, Tơ-buăn, Chơ-rai, Hơ-bau, Hđrung, Chor
Culture and belief A record of custom.
- Language family
- Austronesian
- Population
- 513,930 (2019)
The rites
- Lễ mừng lúa mới (new rice celebration) of the ethnic groups of Tây NguyênAfter the harvest
- Lễ cầu mưa, tạ mưa, cầu tạnh (rain-praying, rain-thanking, and rain-stopping ceremonies)When there is drought or by the yearly custom at the start of the planting season: the Thái in Mộc Châu on the full moon of the second lunar month, the Black Lô Lô in the third lunar month, the Gia-rai in the fourth and fifth months
- Lễ bỏ mả (Pơ thi) of the Gia-rai and Ba-na peoplesOne to three years after burial or longer, in the rest season, usually three days