Marble Mountain carver sings pop song
About this recording
- Creator
- Kristin Post
- Date created
- February 2, 2001
- Duration
- 0:46
- Location
- Marble Mountain, Vietnam
- File
- MP3
- License
- This recording copyright ©2001. Terms of use
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I hired a motorcycle driver to take me to some of the highlights of DaNang, Vietnam. My main goal was to see the Buddhist temples on Marble Mountain and the Khmer museum. I was surprised that my guide stopped at a few unexpected places. One was a headstone factory. Artisans handcarved hearts, lions, Buddhas, or other shapes out of the locally harvested marble that they would then send to funeral homes around the world.
One carver stopped his work when he saw me carrying a microphone and recorder. I met many Vietnamese who sang for me and my recorder, which he did with more gusto than most. I mentioned in my diary that I wished I had a videocamera because his gestures were just as intriguing as his song.
