It was built in 1998 by five Jarai Arap men
from Mrong Ngo village, Chu Pa district, Gia Lai province.
Thirty dead people can be buried in this
large tomb house in the village. The decorated sculptures are carved from tree
trunks using axes, chisels, and knives. Statues of men and women showing off
their secret parts and pregnant women symbolize fertility and birth. The wooden
roof is covered with plaited bamboo planks on which designs are painted natural
red pigments. Figures on the roof depict activities of the tomb abandoning
ritual.
It is thought that the tomb house is for
the dead in the afterlife. Broken dishes, bottles, cups, trays, and wooden tool
models are put inside the tomb to provide necessities to the deceased in their
other world. After the ritual, the bomb falls into oblivion.
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