Brau people
The Brau people are an ethnic group living in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In Vietnam, most Brau live in Đắc Mế village, Bờ Y commune, Ngọc Hồi district, Kon Tum province, and the population was 525 in 2019. They speak Brao, a Mon–Khmer language.
The Brau have only two surnames: Thao and Nang. They have customs such as uốt bưng, tavattơpit, and chingkrackang. They tell about the Great Flood in their "Un cha đắc lếp" story, and about the Beings named Pa Xây. They play táp đinh bố.
In their traditions, close to nature and hunting, belongs capture, taming and training of elephants, referred to as Ruhe in the Brau Language, and the last three elephants belonging to Airavata Elephant Foundation in Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, are cared for, by mahouts of the Brau people.
