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Dong Thap: wooden drum sets national record

A wooden drum in the Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Area of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap was recognised as Vietnam’s largest drum by the Vietnam Record Association.
Dong Thap: wooden drum sets national record ảnh 1A wooden drum in the Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Area of the Dong Thap province was recognised as Vietnam’s largest drum (Photo: VNA)

Dong Thap (VNA) – Awooden drum in the Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Area of the Mekong Deltaprovince of Dong Thap was recognised as Vietnam’s largest drum by the VietnamRecord Association.

A ceremony to announce the status washeld on January 24.

The drum is 2.9 metres tall, with a diameterof six metres and carved from a 10-tonne wood block from Cameroon by artists ofthe Doi Tam drum-making village in northern Ha Nam province.

Dong Thap province is well-known for its hundred-year-old Sa Dec flowervillage, Cham Chim National Park and Go Thap historical relic site.-VNA

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