Preserving and promoting Cham ethnic traditional pottery-making craft
Monday, 10/12/2018 16:58 (GMT+7)
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 9th coordinated with Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee to hold an international conference on the preservation and promotion of Cham ethnic traditional pottery-making craft.
Traditional pottery-making craft (Source: thanhnien.vn)
The event drew the participation of more than 200 delegates from various countries to discuss measures to preserve and promote the values of pottery-making of the Cham ethnic people which seeking UNESCO recognition as intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
According to Vice Chairman of Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee Le Van Binh, Cham Bau Truc village has a long tradition of pottery production, not only in Vietnam but also across Southeast Asia.
Bau Truc Cham pottery is hand-made. He also said that procedures related to the building of dossiers of Cham people’s traditional pottery-making has nearly finished.
The document to be sent to the UNESCO Committee in March 2019./.
Compiled by BTA