Customs and habits
The Gie Trieng lives in long houses
built on stilts. Houses in the village are arranged in a circle around the Rong
(communal house). Young woman decide when they will marry according to their
own initiative. The Gie Trieng believes that all beings have a "soul"
and a "spirit". Therefore ritual ceremonies and the watching of good
and bad omens have prevailed. The sacrifice of buffaloes is a common ritual
ceremony.
Culture
The Gie Trieng language belongs to the
Mon-Khmer Group.
Costumes
Men usually wear loincloths. Women
wear skirts long enough to cover their chests and some have adapted to wearing
a bra sewn into their skirts.
Economy
The Gie Trieng lives mainly on the
cultivation of the land, hunting, fishing, and gathering.