Traditional Cham Crafts

Go On My Son

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April 6th 2019
My Son or ’beautiful mountain’ is a UNESCO world heritage site a one hour drive from Hoi An. We heard about it on our last visit to Vietnam but couldn’t fit in a trip to see it. That's why we were uniquely determined to pop by this time around. It is a sacred site built by the ancient Cham people. They are a distinct ethnographic group in Southeast Asia with origins in Indonesia. From the e ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more