PU PEO

WINNING CONDITIONS

In addition to owning 1 Golden Star badge (obtained by winning a Challenge round), the player must successfully move to and place their colored token on all of the following locations by correctly answering the questions on the corresponding province/city cards:

• Hà Giang Province

• 1 province/city in either the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region or the Southeast Region with a Group 2 tile

• 1 province/city in the Mekong Delta Region with a Group 3 tile

• 1 province/city in the South Central Coast Region with a Group 4 tile

• 1 province/city in either the Northern Midland and Mountainous Region or the Southeast Region 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 are granted a special privilege (only ONCE during the entire game):

• Confiscate 2 province/city flags of any other 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 & History: The Pu Péo ethnic group has lived in Hà Giang Province since before the 18th century. Other groups arrived later, around the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

• Social Structure: The village leader is an elder with high prestige, responsible for managing community affairs and presiding over spiritual ceremonies.

• Religion & Beliefs: The Pu Péo worldview includes a three-tier universe: the sky, the earth’s surface, and the underworld. They believe that each person possesses 8 souls and 9 spirits.

• Rituals & Ceremonies: Key ceremonies include:

  • Forest deity worship

  • Field preparation rituals

  • Pest-prevention rituals

  • New rice celebrations

  • First meal of the new harvest offering

Folk Beliefs: Practices such as selecting land for housing, construction rituals, and housewarming ceremonies are spiritually significant.

Traditional Attire:

• Women: Wear long black shirts, camisoles, and skirts made from a patchwork of colorful fabrics. Hair is styled into buns held by wooden combs, and they wear square headscarves with vivid patterns.

• Men: Wear indigo- or blue-dyed shirts, black pants, long tunics below the knees, wide sleeves, and self-stitched black fabric shoes with bark soles.

  
  

Cuisine:

• Main dishes: Rice, boiled and stir-fried dishes, soup, and smoked pork hung above the kitchen hearth

• Beverages: Herbal drinks and corn wine brewed with herbal yeast

  
  

Housing:

They believe in the concept of "điền trạch" — that the success or failure of a family depends heavily on the land they live on.

Culture & Heritage:

(Lễ cúng thần rừng)

(Đám cưới người Pu Péo)

(Nhà ở của người Pu Péo)

(Lễ ra đồng (Pặt Oong) của người Pu Péo)