Global Success 8 – Unit 4: Ethnic Groups of Viet Nam

Vocabulary · ethnic groups and culture

10 words · People · Grade 8

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Word	Meaning	Example
ethnic group	A group of people with the same culture.	Viet Nam has 54 ethnic groups.
minority group	A small group in a country.	The Ede is a minority group.
stilt house	A house on posts.	The Tay live in stilt houses.
communal house	A big house for village meetings.	The Rong house is a communal house.
terraced field	Fields like steps on a hill.	Terraced fields in Sa Pa are beautiful.
weave	Make cloth from threads.	They weave colourful scarves.
costume	Traditional clothes.	They wear traditional costumes at festivals.
gong	A big round metal instrument.	Gong music is part of their culture.
folk	Traditional, from ordinary people.	We listened to folk songs.
bamboo flute	A wind instrument made of bamboo.	He played the bamboo flute.