An exhibition featuring the 2018 Kate Festival, the most important annual celebration of the ethnic Cham Brahman community, opened in the central province of Ninh Thuan on October 8.
At Kate festival (Source: baomoi)
On the occasion, Mukha Linga and Po Long Girai statues, along with
Nandin, Patil, and Banal sacred bulls, costumes, and musical instruments were
introduced to the public, contributing to maintaining, preserving, and
upholding values of national cultural heritage.
Le Xuan Loi, Director of the Research Centre for Cham Culture in Ninh Thuan,
said the display aims to popularise the unique culture of the Cham ethnic group
in Ninh Thuan amongst domestic and foreign visitors.
On the occasion of Kate festival 2018, antique collectors from across the
nation and abroad donated 14 valuable objects of different materials and dates
to the centre, which offer visitors an insight into the iron casting, pottery
making, and fabric weaving of the Cham people.
Since 2010, the centre has received over 900 valuable artifacts from antique
collectors.
Source: VNA
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