Archive:Hux Kham people

The Hux Kham people. also called the Lakelanders, is an ethnic group of human beings in Sahar. Most Hux Kham people live in the Republic of Hux Kham, some of them living in adjacent countries like Laefevia, Kangthangland and Moriyo, besides, there are also many people of Hux Kham descendant living in the Confederation of Ebo Nganagam.

This article will mainly focus on the Hux Kham people living in the republic of Hux Kham, for Hux Kham people living in the Confederation of Ebo Nganagam, see the article of Ebo Nganagam Hux Kham people.

Traditionally, Hux Kham people are semi-nomadic peoples, some of them make a living mainly by horticulture, others make a living by keeping livestocks, but today, most Hux Kham people live in cities and work in the secondary or tertiary sector of the economy, currently, more than 70% of people work in the tertiary sector of the economy.

Being traditionally nomadic people, meat is a main food source of Hux Kham people, and meat is also the center of most Hux Kham cuisines.

Traditionally, Hux Kham people are polygamous, polygyny was common among rich people, polyandry did also exist, and levirate marriage was also common, but nowadays, monogamy has become the norm, polygamy has been banned and criminalized in Republic or Hux Kham(however, polyandry is still legal), and levirate marriage, although still legal, is rare nowadays.

Traditionally, dead people are cremated in Hux Kham society, and cremation ashes are scattered into the river or onto the ground, and cremation of the death is still common among Hux Kham people and cremation is actually the only legal way to handle corpses in the law of Republic or Hux Kham.

Usually, the family name of a Hux Kham person comes first, the given name follows the family name, the family name usually consists of a single word; while the given name can consist of one or two words.

Recent researches have shown that the Hux Kham people are genetically most similar to the Ya Amo people in Shekku, no matter how scientists take samples from both groups of people, however, linguists generally don't think the Hux Kham language and the Ame language are related despite some people claim so.