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Ba Na Kon Tum is the name of a tribal group of the Ba Na people most of who live in the Ba Na language, Kon means village and Tum means pond or lake. Ba Na Kon Tum literally means Ba Na village, which has many ponds and lakes. Besides Ba Na Kon Tum there are several other Ba Na such as Ba Na Go La, Ba Na Na Ko. Each of the names implies different inhabiting location or the name of a particular occupation of the Ba Na people. Visitors
to a Ba Na village are to see beautiful wooden houses on stilt, which have
different shapes and sizes. They are either quadrilateral or square. The
staircase leading to a house is made of a tree trunk. Each of the steps is
meticulously chiseled, which reflects the carving skills of Ba Na men.
Tay Nguyen Grave Rituals :
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
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. 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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