was famous with the adventure book Les Jungles Moï (English: Montagnard in Jungle, Vietnamese: Rừng Người Thượng) as well as brutal actions against the Mnong people. Điểu Kâu - an ethnologist, Điểu Klứt and Điểu Klung - two epic tellers, are three brothers in a family, who collected, recorded and spread M'nong epics. In August 2008, folk artist Điểu Kâu died of old age. This was a great loss for the M'nong people because they consider Điểu Kâu as the keeper of their cultural identity. See also Pnong people Funan References Mnong at www.peoplesoftheworld.org Mnong and elephant in Vietnam Ethnic groups in Vietnam