- Lu people
ethnic group
group=Lự
poptime= 4,964 (1999 est.)
popplace=Vietnam : Lai Chau,Thailand , China
rels=Buddhism
langs=Vietnamese, Lü
relatedThe Lu people (Vietnamese: Người Lự) are an ethnic group ofVietnam ,China , andThailand . In Vietnam, most Lu live in theLai Chau Province , and their population was 4,964 in 1999. In China, they are officially recognized as part of the Dai ethnic group. They speak a Tai language.Lu is the indigenous people in Mường Thanh (Land of the God to Thai people; Thai language: muong theng). They had built Tam Vạn wall in Mường Thanh and managed there for 19 generations before Hoàng Công Chất, a Thai leader, came.
The Lu give last name under their father's last name, and have the middle name Bạ (for males) and Ý (for females). Their religion is
Buddhism . They sing "khắp lự" and play "pí me luk" ("mother-children" flute).External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=khb Ethnologue entry for Lu]
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