Trends of Changes in the Culture of Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam (A Case Study of the Bahnar People in Kon Tum Province)

Abstract

Changes have been observed in the traditional culture of Bahnar people in Kon Tum Province as an objective necessity for their existence and development in the current context. These changes bring about both positive and beneficial features as well as negative and degenerative ones, most notably the possibility of traditional cultural identity fading and becoming distorted. This study makes use of secondary data synthesis and analysis, as well as fieldwork and sociological surveys to collect information and look into three locations, namely Kon Tum City, Dak Ha District and Kon Ray District - where the Bahnar people is most prevalent in Kon Tum Province. How the traditional culture of Bahnar people in Kon Tum Province has changed is shown through the following significant patterns: Innovation; Conservation; Exchange and Integration.