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| Visitors view photos at the Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Van Kieu in the Truong Son Range exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum. — VNS Photo Phuong Mai |
Viet Nam News
HCM CITY — A photo exhibition about the life and religion of the Bru – Van Kieu ethnic group in Viet Nam has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
The exhibition, Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Van Kieu in the Truong Son Range, showcases 250 photos taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas in the 1980s.
The images depict the Bru – Van Kieu, who live primarily in the two central provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Binh, and their agricultural rites and methods.
Their religious ideas about illness, healing and shamanism are also featured.
On display are works that highlight their religious rites such as funerals, the cult of the dead and ancestors.
Professor Vargyas spent one year and a half living with a Bru – Van Kieu family in Khe Sanh town in Huong Hoa District in Quang Tri Province between 1985 and 1989 conducting his research.
Thirty years later, he returned to Viet Nam to show his work during his field trip.
He opened his exhibition Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Van Kieu in The Truong Son Range at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi last October.
He also released his first book in Vietnamese titled Bat Chap Dinh Menh: Van Hoa va Phong Tuc Tap Quan Nguoi Bru - Van Kieu (Culture and Customs of the Bru - Van Kieu) featuring a collection of his essays and photos last November.
The exhibition in HCM City runs until February 28. The museum is at 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street in District 1. — VNS
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