Ede people change to preserve and develop traditional long houses | Gia Lai Electronic Newspaper

With the development of socio-economy , many traditional cultural features are gradually fading away, but in many villages, the Ede people living in Dak Lak still preserve, conserve and develop long houses - their typical cultural feature for many generations.

Mr. Y Pin Bing (Ako Dhong village, Tan Loi ward, Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province) shared: "Stilt houses are becoming less and less because many villages cannot build them due to lack of land and wood, so people have switched to building them with concrete for speed and convenience. However, in this Ako Dhong village, many traditional values ​​of the Ede people are still preserved and I have followed in the footsteps of previous generations with passion and effort to build a long house with the correct traditional structure".

A traditional long house of the Ede people in Dak Lak province seen from above. Photo: Bao Trung

The traditional long house has been preserved by Mr. Y Pin for more than ten years. Long houses are usually built from wood, bamboo, and have two staircases carved with images such as turtles, the moon, and stars.

The house displays many objects, pictures, gongs, drums, and a typical kpan chair. The carvings on the house are closely related to the daily life and farming of the people.

Nowadays, people have reduced the space of the long house, but still keep the traditional structure from many generations. Photo: Bao Trung

Or to both preserve the long house architecture and create economic efficiency and improve income, Ms. H' Yam Bkrong (Buon Ma Thuot City) is designing a long house and renovating the rooms to become a homestay to serve tourists coming to visit and relax.

The stilt house has the first floor as a reception hall, dining area and common living area. The second floor is a resting room with a capacity of about 30 people and is also decorated with brocade panels that she weaves herself.

Some people have renovated and utilized the longhouse to serve tourists . Photo: Bao Trung

Ms. H' Yam Bkrong - said: "I built the long house carefully, solidly, with tiled roof and PU paint, so there will be no additional kitchen. Thereby, when guests come to spread the mattress, they will feel more airy, not obstructed by the kitchen. If guests come here to stay, for the sleeping area, we will spread the mattress with brocade and serve traditional dishes of the Ede people. Or if guests want to listen to gong music, there will be someone ready to serve.

Many tourists coming to Dak Lak enjoy staying in traditional long houses. Photo: Bao Trung

The leader of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dak Lak province said: Due to many different reasons, it is difficult for people to build long houses of hundreds of meters like decades ago. However, the Ede ethnic people in the area have tried to take advantage of materials to build long houses, creating architecture and infrastructure for tourism, increasing income.

For the Ede people, the long house is a place where many generations of the family live, a place for religious activities, beliefs and traditional festivals, and a cultural space imbued with national identity.

Under the impact of urbanization, while many ethnic people build modern houses, in many villages, traditional long houses still exist. However, preserving long houses is difficult because materials such as wood are increasingly rare and expensive, and building according to long house architecture is also very costly and laborious.

According to BAO TRUNG (LDO)

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