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marriage	share	a funeral house	ceremonies
branch	stilt house	ethnic minority	musical instruments

The largest (1)___________ group on the Central Highlands is the Jarai, with a population of about 250,000. It is thought that Jarai people lef the coastal plains around 2000 years ago, settling on the fertile plateau around Pleiku, and in Kon Tum Province. Some ethnologists think that Cham people are in fact a (2)____________ of the Jarai, and they certainly (3)____________ common linguistic traits. Villagers are often named for a nearby river, stream or tribal chief. In the centre of each can be found a large (4)____________, which acts as a kind of community centre where the council of elders and their elected chief meet. Houses are traditionally built on stilt, facing north. Jarai women typically propose (5)___________ to men through a matchmaker, who delivers the prospective groom a cooper bracelet. Perhaps more than any of Vietnam’s other hill tribes, the Jarai are famous for their (6)____________, from stringed “gongs” to bamboo tubes, which act as wind flutes and percussion. Animist beliefs are still strong and the Jarai world is filled with spirits, the most famous of which are the kings of Water, Fire and Wind, represented by shamans who are involved in rain-making (7)__________ and other rituals. Funeral rites are particularly complex and expensive: after the burial, (8)____________ is built over the grave and evocative sculptures of people, birds and objects from everyday life are placed inside. IX. Fill in each blank with a, an, or the to complete the following passage. (1)__________ history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when (2)____________ French scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang Nam Province and brought them to Da Nang. (3)___________ first museum building was designed by French architects, and construction began in 1915 and was finished by May 1916. (4)___________ Museum has played (5)_________ important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, spiritual and ritual lives of the Cham people. They arranged (6)___________ displays in order of (7)__________ areas where (8)___________ objects were found.