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Communal House (Rong House)
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The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and d馗or. Yet there are shared features. In the village, it is often the biggest house roofed with yellow-dried gianh leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colours, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most salient feature of the d馗or of the Rong House is the image of the brilliant God of Sun.
The Rong House is a symbol of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a pride of the whole village. |
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Ba Na village
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There are several Ba Na minority groups living in Kon Tum, or more generally in the Central Highlands, including the Ba Na Kon Tum, Ba Na Go La, and Ba Na Na Ko. Each group resides in a different area. The Ba Na ethnic group was the first among the minorities of the Central Highlands to write and to use buffaloes and cows to plough their fields. Nevertheless, their lifestyle has remained primitive. The Ba Na is nationally famous for their hunting skills. Like other ethnic minorities, the Ba Na people keep fires burning in the middle of their houses. Family members and friends sit around the fire to drink, eat, and talk. The fire also keeps the house warm. Men sometimes have a scar on their chest. It is a result of a wound their inflict to themselves with fire in sign of sorrow when one of their close relatives die. |
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Tay Nguyen Grave House
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The hut is usually stocked with personal belongings of the deceased. Two or three years later, family members of the deceased are going to remove the hut and build a new, bigger wooden house there. In addition, the grave is to have meticulous decorations. The grave house is surrounded with a wooden fence within there is a wooden statue resembling a human being, a bird or an animal. The practice of removing the makeshift hut is usually organized in the spring and is considered a festive day. The ritual is called Le Bo Ma (Leaving-the-grave). In this day villagers are gathered at the cemetery ground and the family members bring food offerings including rice-distilled rice, rice, cooked pork and other meat. After the offerings are given to the deceased, villagers are to sing songs, dance and enjoy the drink and the food taken down from the altar. They have the belief that the deceased has returned to join the feast with those alive. |
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Tay Nguyen Grave Rituals
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According to ancient customs of the people of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands, the deceased are preserved in grave-houses. The hut is usually stocked with personal belongings of the dead. Two or there years afterwards, family members remove the hut and built a new, larger wooden house. The grave-house is surrounded with a fence, and at the front is a wooden statue in the likeness os a human, bird or animal. The practice of removing the make-shift hut, a ritual called le bo ma, is usually organized in the spring and is considered a festive day. Villagers gather at the cemetery grounds and the family members bring food offerings. After the offerings are given to the deceased, villagers sing songs, dance and enjoy the food and drink taken down from the altar. They have the belief that the deceased return to join the feast with the living. |
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Yaly Waterfall
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Yaly Waterfall is 60 meters high and is divided into many levels. It is a beautiful site along Po Co River. The path leading to the fall has been improved to facilitate access. A new hydro-electric power plant was built at Yaly Waterfall and has a design capacity of 673 kW. |
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