This is really great, Laura! As an American, one never really sees or hears about the Vietnamese government's perspective on the colonial era and the War. Really nice pictures of the museum artwork and stories of the dissident writers. The people my father worked with during the War were indigenous Hill tribe people who didn't really like any Vietnamese, north or south. But their history is a whole other story. There is an indigenous people's museum and park somewhere in Vietnam, perhaps Hanoi. Thank you for all your pictures and perspective.
Thanks, Charlie! I just cleaned up a few typos probably while you were reading! You were talking about the ethnological museum, which is here in Ha Noi. We spent a long time there last time. It is very nice. I might go back there if I have time on one of my last couple of days.
My next post will look at the national women’s museum that I visited yesterday, and the top floor of that one includes the most gorgeous clothing from many of the hill tribes and central Highlands people. That section will be almost entirely photographs!
I have more of the language used by the govt to describe the unification efforts and the role of the south Vietnamese to share from that exhibit.
Yes, the clothing is beautiful. I used to go to a yearly cultural gathering of Vietnamese Hill Tribe people who had resettled here in the US and there were many examples of the culture, especially clothes. There is also a Facebook group of Jarai hill tribe youth in Cambodia who are descendants of Vietnamese refugees. They have many cultural gatherings celebrating their music, clothes and other artwork. Glad you're having a great time.
This is really great, Laura! As an American, one never really sees or hears about the Vietnamese government's perspective on the colonial era and the War. Really nice pictures of the museum artwork and stories of the dissident writers. The people my father worked with during the War were indigenous Hill tribe people who didn't really like any Vietnamese, north or south. But their history is a whole other story. There is an indigenous people's museum and park somewhere in Vietnam, perhaps Hanoi. Thank you for all your pictures and perspective.
Thanks, Charlie! I just cleaned up a few typos probably while you were reading! You were talking about the ethnological museum, which is here in Ha Noi. We spent a long time there last time. It is very nice. I might go back there if I have time on one of my last couple of days.
My next post will look at the national women’s museum that I visited yesterday, and the top floor of that one includes the most gorgeous clothing from many of the hill tribes and central Highlands people. That section will be almost entirely photographs!
I have more of the language used by the govt to describe the unification efforts and the role of the south Vietnamese to share from that exhibit.
Yes, the clothing is beautiful. I used to go to a yearly cultural gathering of Vietnamese Hill Tribe people who had resettled here in the US and there were many examples of the culture, especially clothes. There is also a Facebook group of Jarai hill tribe youth in Cambodia who are descendants of Vietnamese refugees. They have many cultural gatherings celebrating their music, clothes and other artwork. Glad you're having a great time.