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	Muong ethnic group, Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Locality: The largest population is concentrated in Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province.
		The popular literature and arts of the Muong are rich and include long poems, "mo" (ceremonial songs), folksongs, dialogue duets, proverbs, lullabies, and children's songs.
		The Muong hold many ceremonies year round such as the Going to the Fields Ceremony ("Khuong Mua"), Praying-for-Rain Ceremony (during the fourth lunar month), Washing Rice Leaves Ceremony (during the seventh and eighth lunar months), and the New Rice Ritual.
	www.voyagevietnam.net /elpophtml/muong.htm (299 words)

	Muong - Vietnam Ethnic Group
		When a woman is giving birth to a child, her family surrounds the main ladder to the house with a bamboo fence.
		The Muong hold many ceremonies year round such as the Going to the Fields Ceremony ("Khuong Mua"), Praying for Rain Ceremony (during the fourth lunar month), Washing Rice Leaves Ceremony (during the seventh and eighth lunar months), and the New Rice Ritual.
		Muong women are known to be very skilled at loom weaving.
	hedo-vietnam.tripod.com /ethnic_groups/muong.htm (311 words)

	Koh Tao Ao Muong Resort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ao Muong Resort (Ao Muong means Mango Bay) is located with a magnificent view of what is probably Koh Tao's most beautiful bay.
		Mango Bay is also one of the most reknowned places to snorkel and scuba dive on Koh Tao and staying with us, you have all the time in the world to pursue your interests.
		Ao Muong Resort offers guests a truly secluded and fantastic stay, with a selection of privately spaced romantic bungalows all nestled on a green lush hillside surrounded by tall coconut trees and with a view of the fantastic bay.
	www.kohtaoaomuong.com (114 words)

	Muong people most closely related to original Vietnamese? - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Muong stilthouses are similar to those built by the Thai, and the main staple is rice, though fishing, hunting and gathering are all still fairly important.
		Each muong is overseen by an hereditary noble family (lang) who rules the communal land and collects the benefits of labour and tax through the use of it by locals.
		Muong houses on stilts often are lower and smaller compared with Tay and Thai people's houses, with simple and fine architecture.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=69747 (1905 words)

	The Muong
		The Muong have a population of more than 914,600 inhabitants living in the northern provinces, The largest part is concentrating in Hoa Binh province and the mountain districts of Thanh Hoa province, The Muong are also called Mol, Mual, Moi, Moi Bi, Au ta and Ao ta.
		The Muong custom of marriages is manifested in the same way of the Kinh (including plighting ceremony, betrothal ceremony, wedding approval and fetching the bride from her parents).
		Muong popular literature and arts are rich including long poems, mo (ceremonial songs), folksongs, dialogue duet, proverbs, lullabies and children's songs.
	www.un.org.vn /undp/projects/vie96010/cemma/54eg/Muong.htm (398 words)

	Joshua Project - Ethne Movement
		The Muong are one of the largest ethnic minorities in the Indochina region, as well as the second largest ethnic group in Vietnam.
		The Muong decisively rejected the cultural influence of the Chinese during their occupation of northern Vietnam.
		Until the revolution in 1945, Muong social organization was aristocratic, and a headman had absolute authority in his jurisdiction.
	www.joshuaproject.net /ethne.php?es=4&rop3=106916&rog3=VM (799 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The Muong people inhabit the mountainous region of northern Vietnam, concentrated in Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province.
		While the Muong are believed to be related to the Vietnamese, some ethnologists theorize the Muong remained in the mountains and developed independently while the Vietnamese moved to the low country and became influenced by Chinese culture resulting from the 111 BC invasion by Chinese Han Emperor Wu Ti.
		So, today the Muong are ethnically close to the Vietnamese, but culturally and socially similar to the Thai.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Muong (161 words)

	Vietnam News : Cultural identities of Muong ethnic minority
		Muong culture is still preserved and lives with time.
		Muongs' costumes are exemplary: men put on brown or indigo shirts.
		The historic epic de dat - de nuoc or "giving birth to the land and water" is the most outstanding work of the Muong's treasure of art and literature that expresses their views, opinions on the globe, on the long and hard battle against difficulties and nature for co-existence.
	www.batours.com /newsdetail.asp?NewsID=67&Country=Vietnam (388 words)

	Hands On: Pico-Hydro - Viet Nam
		The Muong are one of the largest ethnic minorities in the Indochina region, as well as the second largest ethnic group in Viet Nam.
		The Muong speak a Mon-Khmer language that is closely related to Vietnamese.
		Muong villages generally consist of 10 to 50 households living in houses that are raised about 2 metres off the ground on wooden stilts.
	www.tve.org /ho/doc.cfm?aid=1636&lang=English (1938 words)

	Muong Nhe (Muong Nhe-Muong Cha or Muong Te) Nature Reserve
		Muong Nhe Nature Reserve is located in Muong Te and Muong Lay districts in the extreme north-west of Vietnam.
		Muong Nhe Nature Reserve supports only 47,400 ha of forest, equivalent to 15% of the total area of the nature reserve.
		Before the 1990s, Muong Nhe was considered to be an important area for the conservation of large mammals.
	www.activetravelvietnam.com /nationalparks/north_western/Muong_Nhe_Nature_Reserve.html (632 words)

	19. Operation Plan El Paso
		The Laotian panhandle comprises three parallel regions roughly oriented from north northwest to south southeast: jumbled mountains straddle the eastern frontier; a rolling plain west of Muong Phine stretches all the way to the Mekong; a rough, fever-ridden, sparsely settled transition zone occupies space in between.
		The derelict runway at Muong Phine, reclaimed by encroaching jungle, was scarcely visible from the air, but bomb damage was slight and its laterite surface overlaid a solid foundation.
		Blocking positions between Khe Sanh and Muong Phine were assessed as suitable, because they covered most tracks and all motorable routes that led from North Vietnam through Laos to the Republic of Vietnam.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/books/Books%20-%201998/Military%20Geography%20March%2098/milgeoch19.html (4804 words)

	Joshua Project - Ethne Movement
		The Muong, numbering 914,596 people in the 1989 Vietnam census, are the third largest ethnic minority in Vietnam.
		The majority of Muong in Vietnam live further north of the location given for the Nguon in Laos, however.
		The Muong are believed to have come from the same historical roots as the Vietnamese people.
	www.joshuaproject.net /ethne.php?es=4&rop3=107292&rog3=LA (450 words)

	Dien Bien Phu hotels, MuongThanh Hotel, Vietnam Hotels
		Muong Thanh Hotel is Situated at the Center of Dien Bien Phu Town.
		Muong Thanh Hotel is very comfortable with reasonable price for all visitors.
		Dien Bien Phu is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km long and 6-km wide heart-shaped basin.
	www.vietnamhotels.biz /muongthanh/index.html (283 words)

	Muong
		The Muong are one of the ethnic groups inhabiting the mountainous region of Northern Vietnam.
		Some ethnologists theorized that they are ethnic Vietnamese who were isolated in the mountains and thus were less influenced by the Chinese.
		The Muong speak the Muong language, a close relative of Vietnamese.
	www.measuroo.com /eth-M/Muong.php (57 words)

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