CO LAO
Ha Giang
WINNING CONDITIONS
In addition to possessing 1 Golden Star badge (earned by winning a Challenge round), players must successfully move to and place their colored token on all the following locations by correctly answering questions from the corresponding province/city cards:
Hà Giang Province
1 province/city in either the North Central Coast or Southeast Region with a Group 2 tile
1 province/city in the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region (excluding Hà Giang) with a Group 3 tile
1 province/city in the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region with a Group 4 tile
1 province/city in either the South Central Coast or Red River Delta with a Group 5 tile
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
If a player lands on a province/city that belongs to the residential area of the ethnic group they represent, they receive a special privilege (only once during the game):
Confiscate 2 province/city flags of any player from the board and return them to the bank, OR
Convert 1 province/city flag of another player into their own.
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ETHNIC GROUP INFORMATION
Origins and History: The Cờ Lao people migrated from China to Vietnam, with the earliest migration waves occurring 150–200 years ago, and the latest waves ending around 60–80 years ago.
Social Structure: They follow a village-level administrative system, where villages and communes are the basic social units.
Religion & Beliefs: They practice polytheism and animism, believing that all things possess spirits.
Traditional Arts: Rich in folk traditions, including oral history, legendary tales, and ceremonial rituals passed down through generations.
Traditional Attire:
Men: wear stand-collar tunics, loose indigo or black trousers, and traditional hats
Women: wear pants, headscarves, jackets, waistbands, and leggings
Cuisine:
Their diet is based on homegrown crops and livestock, relying heavily on what they cultivate and raise themselves.
Housing:
They typically live in three-room, two-wing earthen houses with rammed earth walls and máng tile roofs (semi-cylindrical roof tiles).