Pear (people)

Pear (people)

ethnic group
group=Pear


poptime= 1,300
region1 = flagcountry|Cambodia
region2 = flagcountry|Thailand
rels= Animist, Theravada Buddhism
langs= Pearic
related=
The Pear people (Por, Samré, Samray, Chong) are an indigenous group living a sparse existence after years of conflict in Cambodia and Thailand. [cite web |url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:bmOayKIwCBEJ:www.aippfoundation.org/documents/Cambodia%2520Report%2520on%2520IPs%2520and%2520PAs%2520%255BFINAL%255D.pdf+Pear+por&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us |author=Jeremy Ironside |coauthor=Ken Sereyrotha |title=International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples Conservation Committee |accessdate=2007-10-11 |format=html |work=Open-ended Adhoc Working Group on Protected Areas United Nations Convention Biodiversity]

Ethnography

Pears call themselves: Samré in Pursat Province; Samray in Battambang; Chong and Chong-Samré in the Trat Province of eastern Thailand; and Chong la and Chong heap, in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand.

In the Pear communities in Preah Vihear Province, Pear population was estimated to be 299 households (1,674 persons) in 2002.

According to Pear Samray of Kranhung, the Kulen hills region Samray survived because of emigration in the days of the Angkor kingdom. After the 1967 revolt of Samlaut, Pear of Stung Kranhung area moved to Ta Sanh.cite web |url=http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Overview.htm#_ftn1 |title=Overview of the distribution of Pear (Por) people in Cambodia |accessdate=2007-10-11 |work=ngoforum.org]

While some Sa'och live in Cambodia's coastal area [cite web |url=http://www.mot.gov.kh/geography.asp |title=Cambodia Home of World Heritage |accessdate=2007-10-12 |work=mot.gov.kh] , the Sa’och of the Kampong Som area fled from the Khmer kingdom and went to Trat Province, Thailand. The Sa’och are a mystery as they are racially different (negroid) from other Pear groups but speak the same dialect. Because of their negroid features, Sa'och were sometimes called ‘people with tails’ in the Khmer language. Martin speculates the Sa’och inhabited the higher areas and the Samré the lower slopes and flatter areas before the arrive of Khmer from Champassak in about the 6th century.

Like the Sa'och, the Chong are Pear who live in Thailand's neighboring Trat Province and also Chanthaburi Province.

The Pear cultivate upland rice by the swidden method.

They follow traditional religions.

Language

The people speak the endangered group of Pearic languages. Gérard Diffloth (1992) states that the language and customs of the Pear are radically different from other social groups in Cambodia.

Notes

Further reading

* Brunet, J. "The Mouth Organ Among the Samre of the Cardamom Mountains". Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Society for Asian Studies, 1969.
* Ironside, J., 2005. "Overview of the History and Distribution of Pear (Por) Groups in Cambodia". Ministry of Land Management/GTZ/FFI, Phnom Penh.


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