Normally, we only see one kitchen in each house. That is very usual in Cambodia as well as the whole community. However, this don’t really apply to kui indigenous people. In Bankarn Paul village, where kui people live, most of the house is home to two or three kitchens. This might sound so fascinating because why do we need that many?
This is what the village chief of Bankarn Paul said:
“ Kitchens is where we cook food so we need to make sure we have it cook our food to eat. Some of us have two kitchen and some have three kitchens. The kitchens are located in front of the house, under the house and behind the house. During rainy season the water might get into the kitchen so they have other kitchen to cook ”
A chief and farmer in the village mention the same thing and this sound very interesting.
Written by Songkrea Oueng