Muong
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- proper noun
- Parallel to ecotourism, farms care to preserve and develop the cultural identity of the Muong ethnic group by organizing festivals and gala dinners.
Examples
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PHOTO: Sipping on a communal drink, Tai and Muong villagers in Vietnam welcome the author's team to the site of Lang Trang.
Academic text (1991) -
The Muong ethnic group is known for their rich cultural traditions and vibrant festivals.
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Lak muong are usually associated with a guardian spirit.
Academic text (1992) -
Yet on the village level, the country terms are used to refer to the village and to the cadastral spirit, Tsao Muong.
Academic text (1992) -
It supports the Tsao Muong, the temple, and sponsors the annual mae waan ceremony.
Academic text (1992) -
Opened in 2004, it harmoniously combines the natural beauty and traditional Vietnamese architecture with the elegant simplicity of French buildings, all in an enchanting setting shaped by the Muong ethnic farmers.
Blog text (27) -
The Tai Lu of Muong Long, China, with only sixteen temples for 65 villages, is the major exception (Renard 1990:45).
Academic text (1992) -
With such pandemonium, something was bound to happen: an innocent remark in Papango turned out by chance to be insulting in Muong, and the ensuing melee was caught on film, captured by local TV crews hoping for a story on a slow news day.
Fiction book (1998) -
Researchers study the Muong language to understand its unique features and influences.
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The Muong people in northern Vietnam maintain traditional farming practices that reflect their heritage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muong as the name of an ethnic group comes from the same Tai word for 'valley' or 'district'. Because the people lived in those valleys, Muong also came to mean the people and their language.