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Bit people

Bit people

Ethnic group in Laos

The Bit or Bid are an ethnic group living in Laos.[1] There are around 1,500 people left, mainly in a single village, as well as a further 500 or so across the border in China.[2] They speak Bit, a Mon–Khmer language, although most also speak Lao.

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The Bit live in houses built on stilts, and cultivate wet rice as well as other vegetables. They believe in local spirits and have a male religious leader known as mo mon.

References

  1. [1]
    "Bit in Laos". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Bit" (PDF). Asia Harvest. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

Further reading

  • Schliesinger, Joachim, Ethnic Groups of Laos, vol. 2, White Lotus 2000, ISBN 974-480-036-4
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