Vietnam’s Museum of Ethnology among six most attractive in Asia
Saturday, 03/08/2013 07:32 (GMT+7)
Recently, TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, has listed the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) sixth among the 25 most attractive museums in Asia, as it satisfies strict international standards in terms of quality.
Let’s discover the inside of the museums through photographs.
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Exhibits at VME carry the nation’s cultural identity. Each regional and specific characteristic is shown here. In the picture is a bicycle carrying fish traps. |
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This is a five compartment low house of Vietnamese people. In the old days, residential houses were not allowed to be built higher than the communal house. |
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Complex carving decorations on wood |
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The cooking area in the house of Vietnamese people |
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Worshipping area |
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Tourists view a well by the Vietnamese house. |
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Production tools of H’Mong ethnic minority |
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A boat used for racing on rivers by Khmer ethnic minority people in the southern province of Kien Giang. This one was built of wood in 1988. |
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Giarai ethnic minority people’s charnel-house. Some 30 bodies can be buried in this house. Inside the house there are personal utensils and production tools of the dead. |
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Wooden statues illustrate reproduction. |
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A charnel-house of Co Tu ethnic minority people |
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The Rong (a kind of communal house) house of Ba Na ethnic minority people |
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Books with pictograph letters |
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The model illustrates a coming-of-age ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic minority people in the northern province of Yen Bai. |
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Dress made from tree bark, by the Bru – Van Kieu ethnic minority people |
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Tools used to carve wood |
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A hide bag made by the Kho Mu ethnic minority people in the northern province of Son La |