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By the jar of Tay Nguyen can wine Dray Sap Waterfall
Ba Na village rai, Mnong and Xo Dang ethnic
minorities. Funeral houses are
Ba Na ethnic minority is one built over the grave and are the
of the most populated native place of the grave-hut removal
ethnic minorities in the Central ceremony. There are many types
Highland. They live mostly in of funeral houses which often use
Kon Tum province. Visiting Ba Na the 3 colors black, red and white
village, tourists will see square for decoration. Funeral statues
or rectangular stilted houses are unique sculptures to this land,
with sophisticated wooden carved especially the funeral statues of the
staircases. Ba Na people were the Gia rai and Ba Na ethnic minorities.
first ethnic minority in the Central The grave-hut removal ceremony
Highland to learn to use writing and is a ritual that sees the dead off to
use buffaloes and oxen to plough another world.
fields. Like many other ethnic
minorities in the Central Highland, To Nung Bien Ho
in the middle of the house floor of
Ba Na people, there is a cooking fire Located in Bien Ho Commune,
that is always active; the cooking Pleiku City, Gia Lai, this fresh water
fire is the living center of the family. lake provides water to the city. It is
one of the most beautiful lakes in
Central Highland funeral the Central Highland. To Nung Bien
house Ho is in a volcano that has been
dormant for hundreds of million
Funeral houses and statues are years. The oval shaped lake has
typical characteristics of the depth of 20 - 30m and area of 230ha.
traditional culture in the Central The landscape around the lake is
Highlands. The tradition of erecting quite spectacular with trees, flowers,
funeral house and statues is endless forests, rolling hills and dug-
seen only in the Ba Na, Ede, Gia out canoes surfing on the water.
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