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Khmer Leu villages which generally
consist of some hundred of people are located in clearings
in the forest but they were deprived of a large part of
their traditional territories when large heveas plantations
were created to produce rubber. The houses are built on
piles and made with wood and bamboo.
The well, the source or the river which is closed to each
village and where everybody go for watering and/or bathing
is of course the most convivial place.
The cemetery is also a very important place for Jaraïs and
Tampouns where many rites, sacrifices, libations are
organised to facilitate the passage of the dead from this
life to the beyond.
The graves are decorated by wooden statues reminding their
Austro-Asian origin (Sumatra, Borneo) as could also be found
in Madagascar.
The villagers are gathering in Banlung, the only small town
of the region, to sell their meagre crop of vegetables or
wild fruits and their hunting catch.
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