Self-name:
Anăk Ea Ðê, Ra Ðê (or Rhađê), ê Ðê, êgar, Ðê.
Alt-name:
Local groups:
Kpă, Adham, Krung, Mđhur, Ktul, Dliê, Hruê, Bih, Blô, Kah, Kdrao, Dong Kay, Dong Mak, Ening, Arul, Hwing, Ktlê
Region of residence:
Tây Nguyên
Area of residence:
Dak Lak province, southern Gia Lai province and western Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa
Population (2019):
398671
Percent:
0.414%
Language group
Malay-Polynesia
Language family
Nam Đảo
The Rhade people have an island origin and have been present in Central Vietnam for a long time. Their developed crafts include bamboo and rattan weaving, cotton growing, and primitive weaving. Rhade women wear long skirts that reach their heels, and in the summer they go shirtless or wear short pullovers. Men wear loincloths and pullovers. Both men and women have the custom of filing their teeth, stretching their ears, and blackening their teeth.