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Location: The Rong House can only be found
in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon
Tum provinces.
Characteristics: It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt
house built in the middle of the village. It is where community activities take
place, reception of guests, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies.
It is also the place for reception of guests.
The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and
décor. 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 décor 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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