Burial customs

The Jarai (Gia Rai) people outside Kon Tum have some unusual cemeteries. A wooden hut is build to protect the grave and hold possessions of the deceased as well as some offerings to the spirit. Some have fence around while others are guarded by crude wooden statues and maybe decorated by jaws of the buffalo that got sacrificed during the burial ceremony. If the deceased's family can't afford a proper burial ceremony (which includes sacrificing a buffalo), it can be postpone for years. In the meantime the deceased's spirit take home in the hut and has to be taken care of with food offerings and rice wine. Only after a proper burial celebration can the spirit be released and the hut then gets abandoned.
There are several cemeteries west for Kon Tum (e.g. Plei Bur and Plei Sar villages about 15 km West from Kon Tum) and can also be seen in Ratanakiri province in Cambodia.