A Woman Brilliantly Plays a Tune on an Ancient Vietnamese Lithophone Made From Stones

A talented woman performs a lively tune on the lithophone, an ancient Vietnamese percussion instrument made from stones.

Lithophone is the Vietnam oldest percussion instrument’s and one of the most ancient musical instruments of mankind. This is made of stones with different sizes of long, short, thick or thin. Vietnam Lithophone was placed in UNESCO’s instruments list in the Tay Nguyen gong-chieng culture space

Lori Dorn
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