Over the past two decades, countless dry, rough bamboo stems have been resurrected into artistic sculptures under the skilled hands of the artist Huynh Phuong Do. Traveling along the coastline of Cua Dai (Hoi An, Quang Nam), I ventured into a small village in Thinh My ward, Cam An commune. The wind carried a salty…
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The mysterious fire jumping ritual of Pa Then community
Barefoot men leap into a burning fire without getting burned or singeing their clothes. This perplexing fire jumping ritual is a unique cultural aspect of the Pà Thẻn people. Every year, from the 16th of the lunar October until the full moon of the first lunar month, the Pà Thẻn people in Hồng Quang commune,…