The Southeast Asian Museum is built on the ground of the Vietnam Ethnology Museum
A set of knives for cutting areca nuts from Malaysia
Self-protection knives from Indonesia
A set of betel trays
Large bowls from Cambodia
A palm leaf book from Laos
Indonesian puppets
Malaysian sorcerers’ worshipping objects
A statue head made from wood and red-lacquer from Myanmar
The Koran of Singapore
Visitors are interested in objects at the museum
The museum attracts a large number of tourists
The display is organized in a modern, scientific and artistic style. Five main themes, namely costumes and textile, daily life, social life, performing arts, and religion, show a Southeast Asia of diversity as well as unity in culture and lifestyle.
Visiting the museum, visitors have a chance to learn about the cultural diversity of Southeast Asian countries through objects. For example, the collection of water puppets of Indonesia and Myanmar share many similarities with that of Vietnam or the objects related to Buddhism of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam which show the way of popularising Buddhism and its effects on the founding of culture of these countries. Le Thi Thanh, a visitor from Hanoi, said: “Visiting the museum and learning about the objects, I seem to travel to many countries in Southeast Asia. I am so keen on the costume of a Lao bride because it is very unique.”
The Southeast Asian Museum is lively evidence for Vietnam’s view, vision and determination in strengthening the exchange of culture among nations, towards the building of an ASEAN community – a common house of Southeast Asian countries.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
