V)-Complete each blank in the following passage with the correct word/ phrase from the box.

marriage /  share /  a funeral house  / musical instruments

stilt house / ethnic minorities  / ceremonies / branch


     ​The largest (38)___________ group on the Central Highlands is the Jarai, with a population of about 250,000. It is thought that Jarai people left the coastal plains around 2000 years ago, settling on the fertile plateau around Pleiku, and in Kon Tum Province. Some ethnologists think that Cham people are in fact a (39)____________ of the Jarai, and they certainly (40)____________ common linguistic traits.

​Villagers are often named for a nearby river, stream or tribal chief. In the centre of each can be found a large (41)____________, which acts as a kind of community centre where the council of elders and their elected chief meet. House are traditionally built on stilt, facing north. Jarai women typically propose (42)___________ to men through a matchmaker, who delivers the prospective groom a cooper bracelet.

​Perhaps more than any of Vietnam’s other hill tribes, the Jarai are famous for their (43)____________, from stringed “gongs” to bamboo tubes, which act as wind flutes and percussion.

​Animist beliefs are still strong and the Jarai world is filled with spirits, the most famous of which are the kings of Water, Fire and Wind, represented by shamans who are involved in rain-making (44)___________ and other rituals. Funeral rites are particularly complex and expensive: after the burial, (45)____________ is built over the grave and evocative sculptures of people, birds and objects from everyday life are placed inside.