CO TU

WINNING CONDITIONS

In addition to owning 1 Golden Star badge (earned by winning a Challenge round), the player must successfully move (place their colored token) to all of the following locations by answering questions from cards associated with the respective provinces/cities:

• Thừa Thiên Huế and Quảng Nam provinces

• 1 province in the Southeast region with a Group 2 tile

• 1 province in the North Central Coast or Central Highlands with a Group 3 tile

• 1 province in the South Central Coast or Northern Midland and Mountainous Region with a Group 4 tile

  
  

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

If a player lands on a province/city that is part of the traditional living area of the ethnic group they are representing, they receive a special privilege (usable only ONCE per game):

• Confiscate 2 province/city flags of any other player from the board and return them to the bankOR

• Convert 1 province/city flag belonging to another player into your own

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ETHNIC GROUP INFORMATION

Origin and History: This ethnic group has long inhabited the region. While the exact origins of the Cơ Tu people remain debated, based on their architecture, sculpture, culture, and physical features, scholars suggest they may have once been the bearers of a highly developed civilization that declined over time, rather than a primitively evolving community.

Social Structure: They live in tightly knit villages called “vell”, governed autonomously under the leadership of a village elder (già làng). They maintain a strict and organized social and administrative system.

Religion and Beliefs: They believe that deities and spirits influence all things, and villages hold numerous rituals and worship sacred items known as “thiêng.”

Musical Instruments: They use a variety of traditional instruments such as gongs, drums, flutes, and the two-stringed fiddle (đàn nhị).

Festivals: They preserve numerous traditional ceremonies such as the Buffalo Stabbing Festival, Grave-Abandoning Ceremony (lễ dồn mồ), and celebrate the village New Year in January or February (solar calendar).

Traditional Attire: Men wear loincloths, women wear skirts, and both decorate their clothing with patterns and wear bracelets, earrings, and other accessories.

Cuisine: Their diet includes rice, cassava, corn, and they usually eat with their hands. They prefer grilled dishes and drink a traditional liquor called rượu tà-vạk.

Housing: They live in stilt houses. Each village has a communal house (Gươl) that serves as the center for both community gatherings and administration.

CULTURE & HERITAGE

(Vũ điệu Tung tung da dá)

(Nghề dệt thổ cẩm của người Cơ Tu)

(Nói lý, hát lý của người Cơ Tu)