With a history spanning over 400 years, Sình Village’s folk paintings are not only valued for their artistic craftsmanship but also for their deep connection to the region’s cultural and spiritual life.
The collection, entitled Thạch Ong Gấm Xà (Laterite in Snake Shapes), is crafted from jackfruit wood, lacquer and laterite. Every detail hides a meaning that Nguyễn Tấn Phát wishes to convey.
A Persian carpet displayed at Melia Hanoi Hotel at the largest-ever
exhibition of its kind, showcasing more than 200 high-quality carpets
hand-woven in the traditional way by Iranian artisans.
Artisans from the Phu Vinh rattan and bamboo craft village in Ha Tay
Province yesterday learnt about weaving techniques used by Venezuela''s
Warao indigenous people.
A large ceramic painting featuring images of the
historical agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Viet Nam,
signed in Paris in 1973, will be hung at the convention hall in the
Paris suburb of Choisy le Roi.
Tourists and the general public will be admitted
free to many cultural activities in the Old Quarter to promote a
festival entitled Traditional Handicraft with Contemporary Arts.
