Issues of Traditional and Modern Social Management Mechanism of Stieng People in Binh Phuoc Province

• Main Author: Nguyễn Duy Đoài
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 2011-10-01
• Series: Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội
• Online Access: https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-vi/article/view/1227

1. Stieng people in Binh Phuoc Binh Phuoc province has an area of 6853.93 km2, a population of about 750,000 people, including ethnic minority households is 25,678, with 133,256 demographics of the population accounts for nearly 20% of the province as Stieng, Mnong, Khmer, Giarai, Ede, Bana and Hre .... Community Stieng number of people in the Vietnamese people, accounting for nearly 9.02%. Stieng who is known for four groups: Stieng Bulo, Stieng Budek, Stieng Bubiek, Stieng Bulek. Currently only Bulo Stieng and Stieng Budek known better. Economic activities of Stieng mainly cultivated by farms, can be divided into steps as chosen field, has served field, burning field, planting rice, potato planting, harvesting. Festival agriculture: The rice is Stieng concept soul "plung sru”, as a goddess so each one stage had a certain ritual. In addition, the Stieng believe that there are other divine world "yang", the symbol of supremacy, strength. 2. Management mechanism of traditional social organizations: + Organization of the family relationship "Yau" and "Nak" is expressed by two basic types, which are sub-systems family mode (in Bulo) and model systems (in Budek). The landlord "Tom Yau" is the representative to perform the tasks common to "Yau", stands out to communicate with external or divine sacrifice, time management "Yau is the position of the" nak " bring independence quite clear. + Organization in relation to family, family groups is divided into "mput" and "mpang" ( "put" the family from grandparents, parents, children, also "pang" of her son calculated in the same level as generation brothers, sisters), in addition to the calculation of the marriage, "pang sai" in the community Stieng mean that they found the side his wife. + Organization in relation to villages (Poh): Village Commons Stieng as "Poh", the highest social unit of community Stieng, all activities of the "Poh" were operating under customary laws. + Social management mechanism based on traditional laws because: - Law Stieng to keep order and establish a stable community. - Law Stieng continue to maintain cohesive communities Stieng. - Law is the basis Stieng continuous operation of the social tradition. - Law is the basis Stieng to preserve traditional culture. 3. Stieng people in Binh Phuoc in the management mechanism of modern society Today, the community Stieng much has changed, the village no longer live isolated from each Poh, which are attached to each other to become the basis of the social system. Management mechanism in modern society, the law covers up the whole society. But in social management Stieng community needs a harmonious combination, additional support between law and customary laws. Besides the laws of the state, laws are always private life with a vibrant, so many phases in the history of state want to remove it from social life but not eliminate it because based on common interests of the community and almost no class distinction.