Rum Blong Terrace

Name: Rum Blong Terrace
Description: Is the long-plain and rocky terrace surrounded with forest full of big trees, and locates at Ou Chum Commune, Ou Chum District, Rotanakiri province. Viel Rum Blong can be accessible by the provincial road from Ban Lung town to Ou Chum District about 10-kilometer distance, then turning right at the four-conjunction road to Ta Veng District about four Kilometers more. A story of Kreung minority said that: Once upon the time, there was a boy named Rum Blong who flew a kite in this rocky terrace. The kite fell down and got stuck at the top of a tree. The boy climbed up the tree to take the kite, but unfortunately the boy fell from the tree and died here. The corpse of the boy was buried at the forest here. Since that time, the Kreung national who live at the nearby village believe that spirit of the boy, Rum Blong is living here for protecting the forest around the terrace. So that, they dare not to cut down the forest to plant their crops because they believe the forest belongs to the spirit.