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Tai Daeng people

Ethnic group

Field	Value
group	Red Tai
image	LuangNamtha BanPhiengNgam tango7174.jpg
image_caption	Ban Phieng Ngam, a Thai Daeng (Red Thai) village, Luang Namtha Province, Laos.
pop	165,000 (est.)
popplace	Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
rels	Tai folk religion, Theravada Buddhism, Christianity
langs	Tai Daeng, Vietnamese, Thai, others

The Red Tai (in Vietnamese language Thái Đỏ; in Lao language Tai Daeng) are an ethnic group of Vietnam and Laos. They speak the Tai Daeng language. In Vietnam, they are called Thái Đỏ and are included in the group of the Thái people, together with the Thái Đen ("Black Tai"), Thái Trắng ("White Tai"), Phu Thai, Tày Thanh and Thái Hàng Tổng. The group of the Thái people is the third largest of the fifty-four ethnic groups recognized by the Vietnamese government.

Geographic distribution

140,000 in Vietnam (2002)
25,000 in Laos (1991)
Unknown population in Thailand
Unknown population in the United States

Population clusters

Thanh Hóa Province of Vietnam
Houaphanh province of Laos

Family

Patriarchal

Religions

Tai folk religion
Theravada Buddhism (95.5%)
Animism
Christian (4.5%)

References

Bibliography

References

{{harvcol. Placzek, Kanittanan. 1986
[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tyr Ethnologue-Tai Daeng]
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