Brao ethnicity: Documentation of customary rules

Tumpuon Reung Thom village is an old Brao indigenous village located in the Rattanakiri basal highland. It is homed to 426 villagers comprising 98 Kreung ethnic families. In the past, the village was in many different locations; they settling along the west bank of Sesan River in Taveng Kroam commune, Taveng district in 1984. The villagers live as a small community and maintain their own ancient traditions, identity, culture and belief systems. The villagers subsist on crop cultivation, collection of non-timber forest products and hunting. For a long time the villagers have lived peacefully together in a spirit of love, understanding and tolerance and with strong solidarity among the community.