Bit people
The Bit or Bid are an ethnic group living in Laos. There are around 1,500 people left, mainly in a single village, as well as a further 500 or so across the border in China. They speak Bit, a Mon–Khmer language, although most also speak Lao.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Laos, China | |
| Languages | |
| Bit, Lao | |
| Religion | |
| Animism |
The Bit live in houses built on stilts, and cultivate wet rice as well as other vegetables. They believe in local spirits and have a male religious leader known as mo mon.
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