Bit people
Ethnic group in Laos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bit or Bid are an ethnic group living in Laos.[1] There are around 1,500 people left, mainly in a single village, as well as a further 500 or so across the border in China.[2] They speak Bit, a Mon–Khmer language, although most also speak Lao.
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2,000 | |
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Laos, China | |
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Bit, Lao | |
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Animism |
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The Bit live in houses built on stilts, and cultivate wet rice as well as other vegetables. They believe in local spirits and have a male religious leader known as mo mon.