SPACE FEATURES IN BRU - VÂN KIỀU ETHNIC GROUP’S FOLKTALES

Abstract

Folktales are significant indicators of the history and culture of an ethnic group. Researching the space features of Bru - Vân Kiều ethnic group’s folktales helps to explain the way they chose to organize their life in the past. The curvature point - the tide; the cirlce boundary - forests and the marginal area including low mountains, high hills, milpas, ravines and chasms in company with the interference field of Mường Lộc and Mường Lùm have created the Bru - Vân Kiều world in the folktales. This is the starting point for a contrastive study in our research plan that is aimed at penetrating the changing process and sediment of the Bru - Vân Kiều group who reside at the heart of the Trường Sơn Range.