In Vietnam, Ede people are the 12th among 54 ethnic groups. It is estimated that more than 331,000 Ede people reside mainly in the provinces of Daklak, southern of Gia Lai province and the west. of the two provinces of Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen of Vietnam.
Ede ethnic group in the community of ethnic groups in Vietnam - photo 1
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The Ede people are native speakers of the Malay language, having long-standing origins from the sea. Although migrating to central Vietnam and migrating to the Central Highlands during the late eighteenth and fifteenth centuries, in the depths of the E de people, waterfronts and boats are still images. Pictures have not faded.
Ede long stilts have a long boat shape, the main door opens to the left, the window opens to the side. Inside the house is a wooden dome with the same roof. Ede houses are low-floor type houses, usually from 15 to more than 100 m depending on family or many people. It is the Ede house with unique characteristics unlike the houses of other residents in the Central Highlands. It is home to large matrilineal families. The long house is also a symbolic work reflecting the most typical of Ede ethnic culture. Ethnologist Dr. Liu Hung, deputy director of the Museum of Ethnology of Vietnam, said: "In terms of culture, the long house is a large exhibit showing many things, Dike is a matriarchal society. Symbols of matriarchal society show up from the Ede long house, which is a woman-made twin image of a woman's full breast on the stairs to the north of the house and sides. column in the house. The items in the home also show the matriarchy. "
In the Ede family, the landlord is a woman. According to the matriarchal system, the children bear the maternal family, the son does not inherit. Men marry and live at home wife. Only the daughter inherited the property, the youngest daughter inherited the church and grandparents responsible for raising old parents. When a girl marries, the house will be extended to new families. Looking at the window of the long house can know the Ede girl is married or not. If the window is opened, the woman is married.
In production, the Ede people used to hunt, gather, cultivate, fish, weave, weave, etc. The agricultural characteristics of the E de people are rotational, In addition to cultivated lands, there are also wild lands where the land can be rested. Nowadays, the Ede people do not only cultivate fields, they are also associated with processing agricultural products, planting industrial crops such as coffee, rubber, pepper, cocoa ... In addition to cultivation, cattle, elephants. The villagers in E de village also make knitwear, bronze bowls, wooden furniture, jewelry, pottery ... to serve spiritual rituals and daily life activities.
In the spiritual life, E de people consider Gie (God) as the supreme god, and from time immemorial E de people consider the things and phenomena of nature as separate gods. Rain god, mountain god, river god, forest god ... and according to the concept of the people, every thing from grass to trees, gongs, gongs ... are souls inside. Nguyen Tru, a researcher in the Central Highlands, said: "It was natural conditions, rivers and mountains that created the culture of the E de people. It is also a way for the Ede to remember their ancestors, the forest, grateful for what they have, what makes life today. Therefore, even the gongs, gongs also bring the sound toward the mountains, forests towards the river ... "
