The K'Ho, Cơ Ho, or Koho are an ethnic group living in the Lâm Đồng province of

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's Central Highlands. They speak K'Ho language, a southern Bahnaric branch of Mon–Khmer language. They are related to the Cho Ro and

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. The Lạch people, a subgroup of K'Ho, is the indigenous group of Lâm Đồng. The name of the city of

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(Lâm Đồng's capital) originated from Đà Lạch (literally "river of the Lạch people").

Culture

They have a musical instrument called ''kăm boat'' and the dish sour gruel. K'ho people's folk religion worships a pantheon of gods, including Yang N'Du, the Supreme God, forest god, water god, fire god... The majority of the Koho people now identify as Christian. K'ho people also boast rich vernacular literature, such as the Epic of Gơ Plom kòn Yồi (literally "The child of Plom is Yồi"). KohoReader

Subdivisions

According to Ngọc (2010:11), subdivisions of the Cơ-Ho include the following tribes. *Srê *Nộp *C'don *Cil *Lach *T'ring Đưng K'nớ commune, Lạc Dương district, Lâm Đồng province has the following subdivisions (clans) (Ngọc 2010:14). *Bon Dơng *Rơ Ông *K'Long *Kơ Liêng *Krajan *Pang Ting *Da-gout *Bon Niêng *Cil *Liêng Hót *Phi Srônh *M'bon *Kơ Să *Đơng G *Bon Đing

References

*Ngọc Lý Hiển. 2010. ''Nghề dệt vải của người Cơ-Ho Chil''. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin. Ethnic groups in Vietnam {{Vietnam-stub