The Hre ethnic group in our country has more than 113,000 people, mainly in two provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and a few in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province. The Hre ethnic group is also called Cham, Chom, Upper Ba To.
The language of the Hre belongs to the Mon-Khmer language group, close to the Sanskrit word, Bahnar. The Hre residents are villages. In the village, the village patriarch is a person of high prestige and plays an important role. The Hre lived in stilt houses. The floor of the house is about 1 meter higher than the ground, walls leaning upward. On the two roofs of each house there is a symbol of buffalo horns, animals are important in the belief of the people. Each floor has a separate space in the home, if the top floor is for male reception, the other end for women.
The Hre traditionally cultivate wet rice and paddy rice. In addition, they grow cash crops, fruit trees and some industrial crops such as pine, cinnamon and cotton. In the past, the men were dressed in shorts, in shorts or shorts, in scarves; women wearing two-layer skirts, 5-piece dress, scarf bunch. Men and women have bun hair set or brooch.
Today, men in Hre dressed like Kinh, women wear skirts. The Hre liked to wear brass, silver, bead jewelry; Men and women wear necklaces, bracelets, earrings and earrings. Spiritual animism is characteristic of the Hare creed. Rice plays an important role in the spiritual life of the people, expressed in different rituals according to the planting cycle of the year.
The Herr liked to write poetry and play musical instruments. Ka-choi and Ka-luy are popular folk songs of the people. The instruments are most precious gong, gong, usually use 3 sets or 5 units with different rhythms.