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Foreigner passionate about Vietnamese ethnic minorities’ culture

Mark Rapoport, an American physician, is keen on collecting antiques and items from ethnic minorities in Vietnam. His gallery, 54 Traditions, is a venue for culture admirers in Hanoi.
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  • After two arrivals in Vietnam in 1967 and 2001, American physician Mark Rapoport decided to stay in the culturally-rich country (Photo: VNA)

  • His gallery is now home to over 1,000 antiques of ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous region and hundreds of items from ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands (Photo: VNA)

  • A corner of his gallery at 33 Hang Bun street, Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

  • Rattan papoose of Ede people is among his most favourite items in his collection (Photo: VNA)

  • A corner for exhibiting daily tools of ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous region (Photo: VNA)

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  • He has a collection of items relating to dragon, a mythical creature (Photo: VNA)

  • Tools used in water puppetry performance are displayed in Mark’s gallery (Photo: VNA)

  • Wooden masks of people in the Central Highlands (Photo: VNA)

  • Tools used in water puppetry performance are displayed in Mark’s gallery (Photo: VNA)

  • Items used in Vietnamese worshipping rituals are exhibited in his gallery (Photo: VNA)

  • Mark Rapoport has donated hundreds of items to arts museums, including Metropolitan in New York, Brooklyn museum, etc. (Photo: VNA)

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