Xo Dang Artisan Crafts Traditional Instruments From the Forest

Vietnamnet global features A Huyen, who from a young age was immersed in the sounds of traditional instruments and learned, not only, to play them, but craft them.

Although he graduated from university, A Huyen, an ethnic Xo Dang man from Village 3 in Dak To commune, Quang Ngai province, chose a different path: to return to his hometown and devote himself to crafting traditional musical instruments. For him, the sound of these instruments is the voice of the great forest.

If you are curious about what these instruments sound like, here’s a sampling.