San Chay people
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The San Chay people ( vi, Người Sán Chay; also called Sán Chỉ, Cao Lan) live in Tuyên Quang Province of the Northeast region of
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, as well as some nearby provinces. The SanChay language is a form of Tai-Kadai language. Their population was 201,398 in 2019. Many live in remote areas, using
slash-and-burn Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed veget ...
agriculture because those areas are not flat enough for paddy rice production. They sing (love songs) and celebrate the festival (New Rice festival). The San Chay people are related with the Shanzi People in Guangxi, China.


Literature

The San Chay have many sayings: :Rice is the most precious :Grain feeds human. :Literature is the secondly most precious :It teaches human knowledge for safe purpose.


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Official introductionEthnologue reportNét độc đáo trong trang phục phụ nữ dân tộc Đông Bắc
{{Authority control Ethnic groups in Vietnam