Jackfruit wood is ideal for making the wooden fish (Photo: VNA)
Artisans use saw to roughly shape the instrument, whose diameter is about one metre or more (Photo: VNA)
A tool set essential to the craft (Photo: VNA)
A chisel is used to make holes to create sounds (Photo: VNA)
Roughly shaped wooden fish (Photo: VNA)
Carving the wooden fish (Photo: VNA)
Splitting a fish is a critical step to determine the sound it makes (Photo: VNA)
In Buddhist culture, a wooden fish is the main instrument to keep rhythm for sutra reciters. (Photo: VNA)
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