CHU RU
Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan
WINNING CONDITIONS
In addition to owning 1 Golden Star badge (earned by winning a Challenge round), players must successfully travel to and place their token on all of the following provinces/cities by answering the respective question cards:
Lâm Đồng and Ninh Thuận
1 province in the North Central, Central Highlands, or Mekong Delta with a Group 1 tile
1 province in the Southeast region with a Group 4 tile
1 province in the Central Highlands or South Central Coast with a Group 5 tile
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
If a player lands on a province/city located within the traditional region of their represented ethnic group, they earn a special privilege (usable only once per game):
Confiscate 2 province/city flags from another player and return them to the bank, OR
Convert 1 province/city flag owned by another player into their own.
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ETHNIC GROUP INFORMATION
Historical Origins: The Chu Ru people trace their roots to a subgroup within the Chăm community. Long ago, they migrated to the highlands, where they lived in isolation and gradually developed into a distinct ethnic group.
Social Structure:
A matrilineal society that honors the role of women. Men are expected to be humble and cooperative, and wealth does not cause division within the community.
Marriage Customs:
Women take the initiative in marriage, offering rings and bead necklaces. The groom lives with the bride's family for half a month after the wedding.
Festivals and Rituals:
Agricultural rituals include water deity offerings, rice ceremonies, and the Bơnung and Yang Wer rituals. Funerals feature burial in the ground and sacrificial offerings of buffalo or cattle.
Cultural Arts:
Their traditions include folk poetry, proverbs, and a variety of musical instruments: drums, horns, gongs, r’tông, kwao, and terlia. They maintain traditional music and the Tamga dance.
Calendar & Learning:
They follow the lunar calendar based on the farming cycle and preserve knowledge through oral tradition.
Recreation:
Games include spinning tops, kite flying, tug-of-war, stilt walking, and chasing games.
Traditional Attire:
Clothing such as skirts, shirts, loincloths, blankets, and baby carriers are often exchanged with neighboring groups like the Chăm, Cơ Ho, Ra-glai, and Mạ.
Cuisine:
Their staple food is rice, supplemented by corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, as well as forest bamboo shoots, vegetables, stream fish, and wild animals. They enjoy fermented rice wine, distilled liquor, and pipe smoking.
Housing:
They live in stilt houses made of bamboo and wood, with thatch roofs.
Culture & Heritage:
(Vũ điệu Arya)
(Tục bắt chồng của người Chu Ru)
(Nghề làm bạc truyền thống của người Chu Ru)