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Phong Dat - Vietnamese traditional toy

“Phong Dat” (clay statue) is a traditional folk toy of Vietnamese children in the past, as well as an item used in temples and pagodas for worshipping rituals.
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  • The shaping process is mostly by hands, few of them use mould (Photo: VNA)

  • Using a thin, pointed sharp bamboo stick to form Phong Dat (Photo: VNA)

  • The colours mostly used for painting the figurines are white, yellow,  green, red and black (Photo: VNA)

  • Clay statues are usually figurines of animals like turtles, birds and people in traditional clothes  (Photo: VNA)

  • The Phong Dat puppet often made after the zodiac signs (Photo: VNA)

  • Some of these are used in worshipping ritual of Vietnamese people (Photo: VNA)

  • The bird resting on a buffalo's back, a familiar image of Vietnamese villages (Photo: VNA)

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  • A uniquely-shaped ashtray that resembles a turtle (Photo: VNA)

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