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WINNING CONDITIONS

In addition to owning 1 Golden Star badge (earned by winning a Challenge round), players must successfully travel to and place their token on all of the following locations by answering the corresponding province/city question cards:

• Đắk Lắk Province

• 1 province in both the Central Highlands and Mekong Delta with a Group 2 tile

• 1 province in both the Northern Midlands & Mountains and North Central Coast with a Group 3 tile

• 1 province in both the Central Highlands and South Central Coast with a Group 5 tile

  
  

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE

If a player lands on a province/city within the traditional homeland of their represented ethnic group, they receive a special privilege (only once per game):

• Confiscate 2 province/city flags from any opponent and return them to the bank, OR

• Convert 1 opponent’s flag on the board into their own.

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ETHNIC GROUP INFORMATION

Historical Origins: The Ê Đê have lived in the Central and South Central Highlands for generations. Their origins are believed to be linked to island cultures, reflected in their epics and boat-shaped architecture.

Festivals & Rituals:

They celebrate the New Year in the 12th lunar month, hold rice deity ceremonies, and festivals to mark the harvest.

Spiritual Beliefs:

They worship Aê Điê and Aê Ðu (Creator Gods), as well as earth spirits and rice spirits.

Social Structure:

They follow a matrilineal system, where marriages typically involve the husband living with the wife’s family.

Funerals:

They practice grave abandonment ceremonies (lễ bỏ mả) and lineage continuation rituals.

Cultural Arts:

Their rich oral traditions include epic storytelling (kể khan), dialogue singing, and the performance of gong music.

Traditional Attire:

• Women wear long wrap skirts or short pullover blouses.

• Men wear loincloths and short-sleeved tops.

• Both wear beaded necklaces, bronze bracelets, and torque-style jewelry.

• Blackened teeth and ear-stretching are traditional practices.

  
  

Cuisine:

Their meals include rice cooked in clay pots, meat, fish, and wild game, accompanied by rượu cần (fermented rice wine sipped through long bamboo straws).

Housing:

They live in long stilt houses, shaped like boats, divided into the Gah (communal space) and Ôk (private family space).

Culture & Heritage:

(Nhà dài)

(Khan - Sử thi của người Ê Đê)

(Lễ cúng trưởng thành của người Ê Đê)

(Lễ cúng bến nước của người Ê Đê)

(Lời nói vần của người Ê Đê)