Posted by admin on January 24, 2011 under Vietnam Travel in the North, Vietnam festival, Vietnam travel News, Vietnam's World Heritage | 
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO will organise a ceremony to grant UNESCO certificate to the saint Giong Festival as a world heritage in Hanoi on January 22.
The saint Giong Festival was the third cultural heritages in Vietnam recognised by UNESCO in 2010 along with the 82 doctorate steles in the Temple of Literature and Thang Long Royal Citadel.
It is an annual traditional festival held in many provinces across the country to commemorate the glorious victory of the legendary saint Giong, one of Vietnam’s Four Immortals, the four chief cult figures in the pantheon of genii worshiped by the ancient Vietnamese people.
The ceremony aims to promote the festival as well as the country and people to international friends and improve public awareness to preserve the priceless cultural value of the heritage.
Source: VOV
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The Cham Sculpture Museum preserves sculpture items featuring the nation’s glorious period of culture and civilisation.
The museum is located at No2, Road 209, Danang City. It was built according to French archaeologist Henri Parmentier and completed in 1919. It became a place to preserve and research Cham sculpture in the central region.
The museum architecture uses both European and Cham motifs. It has been extended twice, but the character of the original architecture has been well preserved.
The first extension started in the early 30s and finished in 1936, with two new galleries providing display space for the objects added in the 20s and 30s.
Archaeologist Henri Parmentier arranged the display in order of the areas where the sculptures were found.
The second extension began in 2002 with the two-storey buildings covering another 1000 square metres. The new buildings provide more space for display, storage, archives, restoration workshop and offices for staff.
The display place includes Quang Tri, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai corridors, Tra Kieu, My Son, Dong Duong, Thap Mam-Binh Dinh and extension.
There are different ways of arranging Cham sculpture items, depending on type of materials, date, and content.
This was the first sculpture museum in Vietnam (early 20th century). Displayed items feature cultural, spiritual and ritual lives of the Cham people.
Most works depict Hinduism genii and others reflect the people’s daily lives.
Source: VNN
