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Discovering Ede ethnic group village in Central Highlands

Monday, 18:29, 03/04/2023

VOV.VN - Located in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, Ako Dhong represents a timeless village with hidden beauty that is home to ethnic Ede ethnic people.

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Ako Dhong village which is inhabited by the Ede ethnic minority has existed for about 60 years. It boasts a number of traditional long houses and luxuriant vegetation and flowers. 
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The village features more than 100 households and around 3,000 people who make a living from brocade, rượu cần (wine drunk out of a jar through straws), and handicraft products.
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Villagers continue to preserve the Gong culture and traditional crafts such as brocade weaving and straw liquor distillation.
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As the village is both intriguing and largely untouched, it has been selected to become a community-based tourism spot in Dak Lak province.
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In the past, Ako Dhong was nothing but forests. The village patriarch Ama H’rin was the first person to reclaim the area and turn it into a new land for the Ede ethnic community in 1956. The interior in all houses includes wooden products.
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Carved statues which have ever been placed in the tomb have become exterior decorative items, drawing plenty of attention from tourists.
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Long houses are part of the architecture of the Ede people, illustrating the cultural and spiritual values of the Ede people.
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These houses on stilts built from wood and bamboo are long enough to house many people. Local residents here seldom build new houses to replace the old ones.