Vietnamese clothes at the showcase of the coronation of the Queen Mother under the later Le Dynasty (1437-1471). (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A project launched bythe Vietnam Centre, a non-profit organisation established last year by a groupof Vietnamese-Australian students, has encouraged young people to replicatetraditional Vietnamese clothes worn by royalty of various dynasties.
The project, called Det Nen Trieu Dai (Sewingthe Reigns), which makes traditional costumes worn in the later Le Dynasty(1437 to 1471), was created to help Vietnamese students at home and abroadlearn more about the country’s history and culture.
The project is not about clothes or hats, saidLe Ngoc Linh, co-founder of the centre, adding that it’s about culture. Throughthe work, the centre hopes to introduce Vietnam, its history and culture to theworld.
Linh and her staff have researched manyVietnamese and Asian documentaries, books, paintings andsculptures.
They have also worked with cultural researchersand historians, including literary researcher Tran Quang Duc, author of Ngan Nam Ao Mu (Thousands of Years of History of Vietnam’sTraditional Costumes), a book on the history of Vietnamese clothes which wasreleased in 2013.
Their first display of their productions,introduced in last December in Hanoi, included dozens of clothes used for theroyals.
A showcase of the coronation of the Queen Motherunder the later Le Dynasty has also been revived.
“We spent twoweeks making a dress for a eunuch and four months for a coat for the Queen.Each costume is worth around 30 million VND (1,300 USD),” said Linh.-VNA
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