Lachi in Vietnam


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge

Introduction / History

The Lachi in Vietnam claim two historical founders of their race: Hoang Din Thung and Pu Lo To. They are reputed to have created many different species and to have educated the people how to live and farm.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Most Lachi live simple lives. They cultivate rice. Lachi women are renowned for their skill in weaving and indigo dyeing.
Each family clan owns drums and gongs which are used in ritual ceremonies. At weddings the groom's family must provide a suitable amount of money to the bride's parents to repay the cost of the girl's upbringing. Lachi homes are constructed on stilts and consist of three sections. The largest room contains the ancestral altar.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Lachi hold annual ceremonies determined by the lunar calendar. They pray for seeds before they plant them, believing each seed has a soul. They invoke the spirits to watch over the harvest, to ensure plenty of food for the entire village. The New Rice Festival along with the New Year and Seventh Month festivals are the largest, most colorful, and most important festivals of the year.


What Are Their Needs?

The Lachi are blocked off from Christian witness because the atheistic governments of both China and Vietnam forbid evangelism. The nearest Christian communities to the Lachi are among the Hmong Daw and Hmong Leng, but the Lachi do not share a common language with the Hmong. The two groups rarely have contact with each other.


Prayer Points

Pray the hearts of the Lachi people would be stirred to hunger after God, to drink of living water.
Pray for family-based Disciple Making Movements to soon transform Lachi society, blessing them spiritually and economically.
Pray for the Lord to move in the hearts of believers to give up their own rights and sacrifice their lives to see the Lachi people blessed by the work of Jesus Christ, the only savior.


Scripture Prayers for the Lachi in Vietnam.


References

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Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Lachi
People Name in Country Lachi
Pronunciation la-CHEE
Alternate Names Chi; La Chi; La Chí; Lipu; Phu La; Tho Den; Y Pi
Population this Country 15,000
Population all Countries 18,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 18542
ROP3 Code 114159
Country Vietnam
Region Asia, Southeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
Persecution Rank 35  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Ha Giang and Lao Cai provinces, Xin Man, Bac Quang, Muong Khuong, and Bac Ha districts.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Vietnam
Region Asia, Southeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
Persecution Rank 35  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Ha Giang and Lao Cai provinces, Xin Man, Bac Quang, Muong Khuong, and Bac Ha districts..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Map of Lachi in Vietnam Ethnolinguistic map or other map

Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.05 %)
3.00 %
Ethnic Religions
97.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Lachi (15,000 speakers)
Language Code lbt   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Lachi (15,000 speakers)
Language Code lbt   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Lachi

Primary Language:  Lachi

Bible Translation Status:  Unspecified

Resource Type Resource Name Source
None reported  
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Map Source People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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