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Quang Ngai working to promote values of Sa Huynh culture

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province is scheduled to organise a workshop on the culture of Sa Huynh, which lasted from the beginning of the Christian era until the second century AD, within this month, with the participation of many experts in archaeology and culture.
Quang Ngai working to promote values of Sa Huynh culture ảnh 1Sa Huynh culture lasted from the beginning of the Christian era until the second century AD. (Photo: baoquangngai.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Department of Culture,Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province is scheduled to organise aworkshop on the culture of Sa Huynh,which lasted from the beginning of the Christian era until the second centuryAD, within this month, with the participation of many experts in archaeology andculture.

Quang Ngai province has been considered the cradleof not only the Sa Huynh culture but also the pre-Sa Huynh culture that had existedfor more than 1,000 years before the Sa Huynh culture flourished, said Prof. Nguyen Khac Su, member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam ArchaeologicalAssociation, adding that 26 relics have been excavated and objects relating tothe culture have been found at 80 sites in Quang Ngai.
Quang Ngai working to promote values of Sa Huynh culture ảnh 2It is necessary to have a special museum and organise international workshops to promote values of the Sa Huynh culture. (Photo: baotanglichsu.vn)
Dr. Doan Ngoc Khoi, Deputy Director of the QuangNgai Museum, said stone axes and hoes dating back some 3,000 years, along withcopper working tools about 2,000 years ago were unearthed during excavations.

The excavations also reveal that the Sa Huynhculture developed from central Ha Tinh province to the south-central provinceof Binh Thuan and the Central Highlands, he added.

Khoi also stressed the need to have a special museumand organise international workshops to promote values of the Sa Huynh cultureamong the public as the culture has yet to receive due attention./.
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