Longest of long house of Ede ethnic group in Giang Lanh village, Krong Na commune, Daklak province’s Buon Don District.

VietNamNet Bridge - A long house (nha dai) in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province belonging to the Ede ethnic group is almost certainly the longest house in the Central Highlands.

Whereas a normal long house is 30 meters in length and four meters wide, the nha dai in Buon Don measures 85 by six meters.

Now a museum, it was built in 2002 and boasts a thatched roof, and a floor made from more than a thousand three-meter planks.

The curators of the museum and the many old and valuable objects preserved and displayed inside are the Ede artisans Y Giong, 78, and H’Vinh, 77, who have welcomed nearly 90,000 Vietnamese and foreign visitors in their time.

Usually a nha dai serves as a community hall and is used for public meetings and group activities by the Ede people.

Many cultural activists want the State to invest in preserving the Ede’s long houses and promoting them as tourist attractions.

(Source: SGGP, TT)