Return to the great forest to listen to epic songs

In the green space of the mountains and forests, the life of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands is a rotation of crops on a certain scale, along with the organization of village space according to strict regulations of customary law.

Gradually over time, the Central Highlands space has become a fertile land for those who are passionate about learning about ethnic life, about the traditional culture of communities that closely tie their lives to the agricultural cycle of fire farming. "Water has a source - people have a business", the saying has a metaphorical meaning but contains many hidden meanings.

Living in an area with two distinct seasons, dry and rainy, water is truly precious. The same goes for human life, they always go hand in hand with the ups and downs of the village, a life of “symbiosis, sympathy and shared fate” in many aspects.

As with the Ede people, a child, right from birth, has an ear-blowing ceremony performed as a mandatory form. Only after this ceremony can the child hear, understand and have sympathy for the community.

Many rituals take place after that as the child grows up, gets married, has children, until he dies and returns to the forest, forming a cycle of life.

Or the rituals related to the agricultural cycle such as clearing the fields, sowing seeds, celebrating the new rice, building new houses, etc. are all associated with the community, for the prosperity of the community. And as a symbiotic entity, the epic performance in these rituals is always an indispensable part.

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