French photographer to build Co Tu museum in Quang NamFrench photographer Rehahn plans to build a Co Tu Museum offering information on the ethnic group living in the mountainous areas of Quang Nam Province in the centre of the province’s Tay Giang district. The museum will become a display of Co Tu culture and rendezvous point for festivals among the ethnic groups living in the province, Thua Thien-Hue and Laos.Rehahn told Vietnam News that the museum will be built on a total of 2,000sq.m.“Tay Giang District offered me land where I could help them to set up the museum, in co-operation with cultural researcher Tran Tan Vinh and Co Tu people. It serves as a rendezvous for all the big festivals and meetings held every year.Tay Giang District is home to the largest Co Tu community in Vietnam. The people comprise 91 per cent of the district’s population of 17,000.Réhahn is a photographer born in Normandy, France. It is the culmination of five years of exploration of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups.He and a group of artists and entrepreneurs are also pushing to turn the street into what he calls Rue des Arts.VNS

Source: VietNamNet News February 18, 2018 05:15 UTC