COMMUNAL HOUSE (RONG HOUSE) THE RONG HOUSE CAN ONLY BE (1)...

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Communal House (Rong House)

The

Rong House can only be (1)________ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands,

especially in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt

house built (2) ________ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (3) ________,

meetings, wedding ceremonies, or playing ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests.

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The Rong house of each ethnic group has it own architectural style, design, and decor. Yet there

are shared (4) ________. In the village, it is often (5) ________ house roofed with yellow-dried

thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright

colour, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and

other familiar things of the village life. The most distinction of the decor of the Rong House is the

(6) ________ of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (7) ________ of the culture of

Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village

is. It is a (8) ________ of the whole village.