The K'Ho, Cá Ho, Kaho, or Koho are an ethnic group living in the Lâm ÃÂá»Âng province of Vietnam's Central Highlands. They speak the K'Ho language, a southern Bahnaric branch of the MonâÂÂKhmer language group. They are related to the Cho Ro and Mạ people.The K'ho people are the oldest ethnic group in The Southern Central Highlands of Vietnam.
The Lạch people, a subgroup of K'Ho, is the indigenous group of Lâm ÃÂá»Âng. The name of the city of Da Lat (Lâm ÃÂá»Âng's capital) originated from ÃÂàLạch (literally "water of the Lạch people"): now the Cam Ly stream, which eventually flows into the ÃÂá»Âng Nai river to the South-West of the city.
They have a musical instrument called kÃÂm boat and the dish sour gruel.
K'ho people's folk religion worships a pantheon of gods, including Yang N'Du, the Supreme God, forest god, water god, fire god... The majority of the Koho people now identify as Christian.
K'ho people also boast rich vernacular literature, such as the Epic of Gá Plom kòn Yá»Âi (literally "The child of Plom is Yá»Âi").
According to Ngá»Âc (2010:11), subdivisions of the Cá-Ho include the following tribes.
ÃÂðng K'ná» commune, Lạc Dðáng district, Lâm ÃÂá»Âng province has the following subdivisions (clans) (Ngá»Âc 2010:14).