A folk painting style on the verge of fading away

Vietnamese artists are very creative when it comes to materials for their paintings. They range from paper, stone to trees and even egg shells. In the southern province of Sóc Trăng’s Phú Tân Commune, local residents have painted beautiful images on glass panes for decades. Once a very popular folk painting style that can be seen in many Khmer families across the Mekong region, it is now on the verge of fading away.

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