(Cinet)- According to Tra Vinh Province’s General Museum, two year project about collecting some Khmer antiques has been implemented to get a total of 326 artifacts used by people of Khmer ethnic minority some hundreds of years ago.
The collection, which is the result of a two-year project called “Collecting Khmer community’s agricultural, fishing tools and art items,” are now preserved and displayed at the Tra Vinh Khmer Culture Museum, located at Zone 4, Ward 8 in Tra Vinh City.
Most of the items, which dated back to some hundred years ago, were made from different kinds of precious wood. 238 are agricultural, fishing tools while the other 88 are art and sculpture items in a total of 326 artifacts.
The museum, one of the country’s only two Khmer culture museums and one of the province’s popular tourist attractions, has dedicated to the collection and preservation of Khmer ethnic people’s artifacts. It receives over 90,000 local and international visitors each year.
The provincial People’s Committee recently invested more than VND4 billion (US$189,000) to help the museum improve its facilities and artifact preservation.
In Tra Vinh Province, Khmer people account for some 30% of the entire population and boast a rich, diverse culture.
Đăng ký: VietNam News