The Love Story of Khau Vai

Long ago in the Khau Vai region, a village of the Giay people, lived a beautiful girl named Ut, the daughter of the village chief. Her beauty captivated many young men who desired her hand in marriage. Although her family was well-off, her heart yearned for Ba, a young Nung man from the neighboring village. Their love blossomed silently over the years. They loved each other, but Ut's family disapproved because Ba was poor and belonged to a different ethnic group. A Nung man could not marry a Giay woman. Faced with the harsh disapproval of their families, the couple eloped and lived in a cave high in the mountains...