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Royal costumes of Nguyen Dynasty on show

Seventy royal items dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are being showcased at the Museum of History of Ho Chi Minh City, giving an insight into the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam.
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  • Costumes of Nguyen kings and queens are displayed at the centre of the exhibition hall (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Yellow is the symbol colour of kings (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • A close look at the patterns on a robe of a king (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Some royal costumes worn by women in the Nguyen Dynasty (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Some robes of mandarins in the Nguyen Dynasty (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • A mandarin coronet (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Boxes for containing personal belongings (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Silver and jade hairpins (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Sophisticated silver hairpins (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

  • Foreign visitors to the exhibition (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial)

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