Inside the Wooden Church

This stained glass window combines Christianity with every day Vietnamese life. See the elephant pulling the log, the fisherman being bless ed by Jesus and the community shelter.

Central Highlands - Kontum to Pleiku

October 26th 2011
Kontum is mainly famous for its wood sculptures and for being a main staging post for the French during their time in Viet Nam. Here the main religion is Christian and everywhere in the town are churches, but more often than not you will see a Buddhist temple next door. One church in particular, a wooden church, was built by the French in 1911. The mix of Christianity with Khmer and ethnic minorit ... 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

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