Dong are renowned for their spicy cured fish. Fish raised in rice-paddy fields are coated with salt and hot pepper, and kept in clay containers for several years; the resultant spicy, salty and sour fish is eaten cold or hot during arrive.

Fish ponds are scattered throughout a village. Grain is often stored on racks over these ponds, to protect precious staples staples against possible fire damage and deterrent to rats. Fish are likewise raised in flooded rice paddies.

Raw, pickled pork is another favorite food served at wedding celebrations. 

In the local home of Dong villages, the first floor of Dong's kitchen is filled with sweet fragrance as wooden barrels of rice wine are brewing. During weddings, festivals, when guests visit and for other important occasions, an abundance of wine is drunk with meals. Wine is also given as offerings to various nature spirits and to ancestors on prescribed occasions.

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