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Heading west along the Quang Tri River we next came to the village of Lon Caht.

This village was inhabited by Montagnards and was completely different than the village occupied by the Vietnamese. The houses were built up off the ground on stilts. The roofs were thatched, but had a steeper pitch, which not only shed the water better, but provided space for sleeping and storing supplies above the main living quarters.

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This offers a better view of the village of Lon Caht. The living quarters of the houses are elevated. The pigs and chickens are kept under the house at night. The walls are woven bamboo. They also have a small deck in front of the house. The village looks almost deserted, but the inhabitants were out working in the fields surrounding it. The newly planted garden is in the foreground surrounded by a wire fence to keep people from walking through it. A pot-belly pig is walking in the yard. There is a man sitting in the door of the house on the left.

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This Montagnard woman is returning from the fields with a load of wooden poles weighing over 200 lbs. Notice the difference between the ways the Montagnard women dress as compared to the Vietnamese.