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The Chams (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Čaṃ), or Champa people (Cham: ꨂꨣꩃ ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, Urang Campa; Vietnamese: Người Chăm or Người Chàm; Khmer: ជនជាតិចាម, Chônchéatĕ Cham), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia as well as an indigenous people of central Vietnam.
Cham is located on the northern shore of Lake Zug, 5.5 km (3.4 mi) northwest of the cantonal capital of Zug. Surrounding Cham, Steinhausen is to the east, Hünenberg is to the west, Lake Zug is south, and Maschwanden and Knonau in the Canton of Zürich are to the north. The town has an area of 19.82 km 2 (7.65 sq mi).
Cham lies within the Cham-Furth lowland, which is bordered on the south by the Bavarian Forest and on the north by the Oberpfälzer Wald. The city lies on the Regen River, which joins the Danube at Regensburg .
Oct 13, 2023 · It embodies the very essence of the Cham people’s way of life, spirituality, and deep-rooted connection to their cultural heritage. Even today, the Cham people continue to call bhum palei their...
Understanding the level of support or opposition within a community towards a development issue requires a comprehensive understanding of the community’s cultural area. By immersing oneself in the community’s stories, beliefs, and cultural identity, it is...
Sep 1, 2023 · Turns out, most people thought it’s linked to Hokkien, and they hit the bullseye! ‘Cham’ actually stems from the Hokkien dialect, meaning to mix or join. That’s the real scoop behind it.
Oct 13, 2023 · The Cham people have established rich cultural arts, including sculpture, architecture, music, and dance, that reflect their unique identity and express their thoughts, emotions, and aesthetic views (Bien et al., 1991; Dop et al., 2014; Sakaya, 2003 ).
Jun 18, 2014 · Most scholars believe the Cham are descendants of the Sa Huynh, who occupied the same area from roughly 1000 B.C. to the second century A.D., when the Cham culture began flowering.
Several chapters focus on archaeological work in central Vietnam and position recent discoveries within the broader framework of Cham history, but there are also discussions of Cham economy, society and culture.
The Cham people once inhabited and ruled over a large stretch of what is now the central Vietnamese coast. The Indianized civilization of this Austronesian-spea...
