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20 March 2013

Preserving the endangered manuscripts of the Cham people in Vietnam

This month EAP531 sent their interim report with accompanying photographs to the EAP Office. It is a pilot project conducting a survey of Cham manuscripts held at various locations in Vietnam. The images are truly fascinating and here is a selection.

Photograph of the entrance of the Center for Cham Culture

Photograph of Hao Phan sitting next to Imam Ngoi who is reading a manuscript

Photograph of an opened suitcase containing manuscripts destroyed by insects

Photograph of a man taking down a bundle of manuscripts. They are wrapped in cloth and hanging along the wall of a room

Photograph of village life, a man on a scooter looks at a cart pulled by two cows

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