Funeral rites of the Chil in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province

Abstract

The study of the funeral rituals of an ethnic group is essentially an approach to traditional cultural values and its transformations under the influence of many from-objective-tosubjective factors from the general policy of the Party and the government to individual actions of each ethnic group. This paper deals with the funeral rituals of the Chil people living in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province in the tradition as well as its current transformations on the basis of practical survey materials. Some other research materials are related to the Chil people.