Lam Dong’s lithophones date back 3,000 years _ VietNam Travel
Archaeologists have affirmed that the two newly-found sets of stone percussion instrument in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong date back between 2,500-3,000 years.
On May 27,
Vice Director of the Lam Dong Museum Doan Thi Ngo also said the two sets of
lithophone, comprising a total of 53 stone slabs, discovered in Hoa Nam and Lien
Dam communes in Di Linh District, have the largest number of stone slabs so far
in the province.
The Hoa Nam lithophone consists of 30 slabs but only 18
remain intact while 12 others have been partly broken. The Lien Dam lithophone
has 23 pieces, and only 4 are broken.
According to archaeologists, the
new sets of lithophone share similarities in the type of used stone and also the
shaping technique to make slabs strike notes when playing.
They also
share similarities in the arrangement of slabs with those found in Dinh La and
Son Dien communes, also in Di Linh District, which were made public in late
2007.
The discovery helped bring the total sets of lithophone discovered
in the locality to five over the past 30 years.
Ngo said the finding
proves that Lam Dong is a cradle of lithophone and a lot of amazing and
mysterious things may be still buried under its soil waiting to be
discovered.
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