The Kreung (Khmer: គ្រឹង; Krung) are an ethnic group that live in Cambodia, mainly in Ratanakiri Province, and relatively small number in Stung Treng, Mondolkiri Province. There are 22,385 Kreung people in Cambodia as of 2013.[1]
 Kreung people in traditional costume | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Cambodia | 22,385 (2013 inter-censal survey)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Kreung, Khmer | |
| Religion | |
| Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Brao, Kavet, Lun | |
Love hut tradition
editThis ethnic group has had a certain popularity because they have a certain originality in the relationships between men and women. Parents build a hut for their 13 to 15-year-old children to discover love and sexuality. Children can stay in this house until their twenties before choosing the person of their heart. It is a practice that is developing less.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Cambodia Inter-Censal Population Survey 2013 - National Profile of Statistical Tables - Part 1" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia. Phnom Penh. May 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "Les huttes d'amour des adolescentes Kreung". Soirmag (in French). 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2021-06-15.