Interesting secrets of a long house of Ede People

A longhouse is a place to live for the Ede people, an ethnic minority group, who observe the matrilineality. Recently, Miss Vietnam of 2017 H'Hen Nie is proud of her family who lives in the matrilineality in which a girl makes a decision in her marriage and gets married early without preparing a couple's life. H'Hen Nie strongly criticizes this custom (early marriage) that creates an impact on a girl's education. They are not educated enough to land a job to earn their livelihood. As a result, they only make both ends meet.

A 40-meter house was built in a garden of the Museum of Ethnology, Vietnam, that is based on the model of a house of Ms H'Dach Eban constructed in 1967, in Buom Me Thuoc City, Dak Lak Province. The main door is towards the north. There are two staircases: one is called female and the other male.

The above photo depicts male and female staircases. The right one is the female staircase that includes a crescent and a breast of a woman that embodies the matrilineality. This staircase is used by visitors and women.

The photo courtesy of VN Express