From December 5 to December 31, an outdoor exhibition with the theme "Central Highlands Paradise - Gia Lai " will take place at Dai Doan Ket Square, Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province.
Here, valuable antiques of the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands from ancient times are displayed.
700-year-old elephant bone chair by collector Dang Minh Tam (Photo: Pham Hoang).
Notably, the exhibition introduces to the public a chair made from white elephant bones. This is an antique dating back about 700 years.
The chair is made from many large white elephant bones, combined with rope to create a majestic, imposing look.
Historically, for the Central Highlands and many Southeast Asian countries, white elephants are extremely rare gifts from nature, believed to bring power, luck and prosperity.
The chair is made from rare white elephant bones, once used by the "elephant hunting king" in Dak Lak (Photo: Pham Hoang).
The collection also includes an ancient weaving loom dating back about 200 years; many drum sets made from tree trunks combined with buffalo, elephant, and deer skin; ethnic musical instruments, tools for production and daily life, brocades typical of ethnic groups, a garden of wooden statues, a collection of ancient jars and vases...
Mr. Dang Minh Tam (63 years old, Lam Dong province) said: "More than 40 years ago, he was lucky to collect an elephant bone chair in Dak Lak. Along with the chair, there were also tools for hunting elephants. Since ancient times, the people of the Central Highlands have had the custom of hunting male elephants to tame and serve agricultural production."
Mr. Dang Minh Tam said that in ancient times, it was common to hunt male elephants to domesticate and serve agricultural production (Photo: Pham Hoang).
This exhibition contributes to the effective implementation of the project to preserve and promote the heritage values of the Central Highlands Gong Cultural Space in Gia Lai, preserving and promoting the traditional values of the Central Highlands people in general and Gia Lai in particular.
The ancient loom is over 200 years old. This loom specializes in making fabrics woven from natural silk fibers (Photo: Pham Hoang).
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich, Vice Chairwoman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee, shared that through the activity, the province hopes that tourists and local people will be able to see and learn about artifacts related to the lives of the Central Highlands people. Students and the younger generation will also be equipped with more knowledge about the cultural heritage of the Central Highlands ethnic groups.
Drum set made of elephant, horse and buffalo skin (Photo: Pham Hoang).
"Since this is considered an open museum, we hope that people and tourists will join hands to protect and preserve artifacts, contributing to the conservation and promotion of unique cultural values of the ethnic groups in the Central Highlands," added Vice Chairwoman of the province Nguyen Thi Thanh Lich.
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