The Ede is the 12th most populous of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, totaling 330,000. They live in Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, and Phu Yen provinces. The Ede language belongs to the Cham and the Malayo-Polynesian language group. Initially, the Ede moved to Vietnam’s central region and then to the central highlands between the 8th and 15th centuries. Their house on stilts has the shape of a long boat, which is 15 to 100 meters long. Whenever a girl living in a house gets married, the house is lengthened by one compartment. The head of the family is always a woman. Previously, the Ede were hunting, fishing, farming, knitting, and weaving. Now they practice the alternation of crops and plant industrial trees like coffee, rubber, pepper, and cacao. Some raise buffaloes, cows, and elephants. Ede handicraft items include cloth, bronze, wooden, pottery products, and jewelry. The traditional costumes of the Ede like many other ethnic groups in the central highlands, the Ede worship multiple Gods, including the Gods of Thunder, Mountains, Rivers, and Forests. They believe everything from the grass to a house or a gong has a soul. Many traditional Ede festivals are still maintained, including the buffalo stabbing festival, housewarming, and adulthood ceremony. The Ede boast their rich folklore, which has been passed down orally. Their myths, fairy tales, proverbs, and Khan Dam San and Khan Dam Keth M’lan epics are famous throughout Vietnam. Their popular musical instruments are gongs, bamboo flutes, pan-pipes, and a wind instrument called a Dinh Nam.