Lu people

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Lự
File:Người Lự ở Lai Châu.jpg
Total population
556,000+
Regions with significant populations
China (Xishuangbanna), Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (Lai Châu Province)
 China 280,000 (2000) classified as Dai
 Laos 123,054 (2005) classified as Leu[1]
 Thailand 83,000 (2001) classified as Thai Lue
 Burma 60,000 (2013) classified as Shan
 Vietnam 5,601 (2009) classified as Lự[2]
 United States 4,000 (1998)[3]
Languages
Tai Lü, Chinese, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism

The Tai Lü people (Chinese: 傣仂 Dǎi lè, Lao: ລື້ Lư̄, Thai: ไทลื้อ rtgs: Thai Lue, Vietnamese: Người Lự) are an ethnic group of China, Laos, Thailand, Burma, and Vietnam. They speak a Southwestern Tai language.

Distribution

In Vietnam, most Lu live in Lai Châu Province, and their population was 5,601 in 2009. In China, they are officially recognized as part of the Dai ethnic group. The 2000 census counted about 280,000 Dai people speaking Lü language. The population in Thailand, where they are called Thai Lue (Thai: ไทลื้อ), was in 2001 estimated to be approximately 83,000.[4] Most Thai Lue in Thailand live in Nan, Chiang Rai, Phayao and Chiang Mai Province.

In Vietnam, Lu are the indigenous people in Mường Thanh ("Land of the God of Tai people", Tai Lü: muong theng). They had built Tam Vạn wall in Mường Thanh and managed there for 19 generations before Hoàng Công Chất, a Thái leader, came. Nowadays, nearly all Vietnamese Lu live in Lai Châu Province. The Lu take their father's last name and have the middle name Bạ (for males) and Ý (for females). Their religion is Theravada Buddhism. They sing khắp lự and play pí me luk ("mother-children" flute).

Gallery

  • Lu Woman.png

    Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900

  • Lu Woman in Laos, c. 1900

  • A Thai Lue Buddha statue in Wat Non Bua, Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand

  • Thai Lue musician at Wat Nong Bua 01.jpg

    A Thai Lue musician plays in the garden of Wat Nong Bua, Tha Wang Pha District, Thailand

  • Wat Nong Daeng 2014 b.jpg

    The interior of the wihan of Wat Nong Daeng, Chiang Klang District, Thailand

  • Vat Nam Keo Luang in Muang Sing, Laos

  • The interior of Vat Xieng Chai, Muang Sing, Laos

References

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  3. ↑ Tai Lue, Infomekong.com
  4. ↑ Johnstone and Mandryk 2001; cited in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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