Tracing Sanya's Utsul Muslim Roots: Ancient Cham Migration & Halal Heritage in Hainan
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Tracing the Cham People in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam: Uncovering the Trans-Oceanic Migration of Sanya's Utsul Muslims and Their Historic Roots in the Ancient Champa Kingdom
Abstract:
A deep dive into the historical roots and folk traditions of Cham villages in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam. Investigating the history of Sanya's Utsul Muslims as descendants of Islamic refugees from the ancient Champa kingdom who migrated across the sea, highlighting the deep cultural bonds between Southeast Asia's Maritime Silk Road and island-based Hui Muslim communities.
—Cham villagers in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam, are said to be the ancestors of Sanya's Utsul Muslims, hailing from the vanished Champa kingdom. From the Song and Yuan to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Champa Kingdom was annexed by Annam (Vietnam). Cham Muslims who practiced Islam fled by boat in waves, and some ended up settling in Sanya's Yazhou Bay, forming the Utsul community. Given that the descendants of these ancient Islamized Chams make up a unique branch of the Hui ethnic group, China's official classification groups the Utsul people under the Hui nationality based on their bloodline and cultural origins. Residents in Sanya's Yanglan Huihui Village (Huihui Muslim Village) and Huixin Village (Huixin Muslim Village) all share this background, and their official ID cards list their ethnicity uniformly as Hui. The Utsul people have their own distinct language; their faith, dietary habits, and religious observances are basically similar to mainstream Islam, but their clothing and festival traditions still retain heavy traces of Cham heritage.
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Tracing the Cham People in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam: Uncovering the Trans-Oceanic Migration of Sanya's Utsul Muslims and Their Historic Roots in the Ancient Champa Kingdom
Abstract:
A deep dive into the historical roots and folk traditions of Cham villages in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam. Investigating the history of Sanya's Utsul Muslims as descendants of Islamic refugees from the ancient Champa kingdom who migrated across the sea, highlighting the deep cultural bonds between Southeast Asia's Maritime Silk Road and island-based Hui Muslim communities.
—Cham villagers in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam, are said to be the ancestors of Sanya's Utsul Muslims, hailing from the vanished Champa kingdom. From the Song and Yuan to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Champa Kingdom was annexed by Annam (Vietnam). Cham Muslims who practiced Islam fled by boat in waves, and some ended up settling in Sanya's Yazhou Bay, forming the Utsul community. Given that the descendants of these ancient Islamized Chams make up a unique branch of the Hui ethnic group, China's official classification groups the Utsul people under the Hui nationality based on their bloodline and cultural origins. Residents in Sanya's Yanglan Huihui Village (Huihui Muslim Village) and Huixin Village (Huixin Muslim Village) all share this background, and their official ID cards list their ethnicity uniformly as Hui. The Utsul people have their own distinct language; their faith, dietary habits, and religious observances are basically similar to mainstream Islam, but their clothing and festival traditions still retain heavy traces of Cham heritage.
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