Xoe Thai dance, Cham pottery seek UNESCO’s heritage recognition

  • Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Xuân Trường
    Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Xuân Trường
  • Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Phương Hoa
    Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Phương Hoa
  • Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Phương Hoa
    Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Phương Hoa
  • Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
  • Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Xuân Trường
    Photo: There are about 30 Xoe dances, which have been developed, protected and handed down through generations intact over hundreds of years, including xoe quat (xoe dance with a fan), xoe khan (xoe dance with a scarf), xoe non (xoe dance with a conical hat) and many others with contents reflecting community activities and expressing the Thai people’s emotion. VNA Photo: Xuân Trường
  • Photo: Bau Truc pottery products are now very diverse and plentiful in designs, sizes and colors. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: Bau Truc pottery products are now very diverse and plentiful in designs, sizes and colors. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
  • Photo: A Cham artisan makes pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: A Cham artisan makes pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
  • Photo: Cham artisans make pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: Cham artisans make pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
  • Photo: The Bau Truc Pottery village's items. One of the most outstanding features of the traditional Cham pottery is the technique of shaping their wares by hand rather than by a wheel and their use of simple tools or shells to decorate the products. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
    Photo: The Bau Truc Pottery village's items. One of the most outstanding features of the traditional Cham pottery is the technique of shaping their wares by hand rather than by a wheel and their use of simple tools or shells to decorate the products. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
  • Photo: Cham artisans making pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. One of the most outstanding features of the traditional Cham pottery is the technique of shaping their wares by hand rather than by a wheel and their use of simple tools or shells to decorate the products. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
    Photo: Cham artisans making pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. One of the most outstanding features of the traditional Cham pottery is the technique of shaping their wares by hand rather than by a wheel and their use of simple tools or shells to decorate the products. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
  • Photo: A Cham artisan makes pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
    Photo: A Cham artisan makes pottery at the Bau Truc Pottery Village. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
  • Photo: Bau Truc pottery items. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
    Photo: Bau Truc pottery items. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt.
  • Photo: An artisan with Bau Truc pottery jar at the Bau Truc pottery village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: An artisan with Bau Truc pottery jar at the Bau Truc pottery village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
  • Photo: An artisan with Bau Truc pottery jar at the Bau Truc pottery village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà
    Photo: An artisan with Bau Truc pottery jar at the Bau Truc pottery village. The village is one of the oldest of its kind in Southeast Asia. VNA Photo: Thanh Hà

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Xoe Thai dance, Cham pottery seek UNESCO’s heritage recognition
03/20/2019 16:31 | TTXVN
Vietnam will soon officially ask the UNESCO to consider putting the country’s Xoe Thai dance in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Cham pottery making art among Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the green light for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to sign relevant dossiers for submission to the UNESCO on behalf of the Government. The submission will be made prior to March 31. VNA Photo.

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