Craftsman Huỳnh Ri from Kim Bồng carpentry village creates a Buddha statue from timber. VNS Photos Công Thành By Công Thành At the age of 80, craftsman Huỳnh Ri in Kim Bồng carpentry village, in Hội An City, still creates unique wooden carvings and souvenirs at his family workshop. Ri is one of the oldest craftsmen still maintaining the trade in the village founded in the 15th century. Ri fears that the village’s traditional craft will disappear in the next few years because few young people wish to learn the craft. A boy practises wood sculpture at a carpentry workshop in Kim Bồng Village of Hội An ancient town. The village still preserves the centuries-old trade. He was the first and the only man from the village to gain artisan recognition in 1984 and has helped train about 100 local young people since 1997 with funding from UNESCO to preserve the trade. However, young people gravitate towards more profitable jobs in the tourism sector in Hội An, while the craft takes at least three years to learn and then a couple of years practising to become skilled. “A skilled carpenter could earn VNĐ400,000 (US$17) from daily labour with orders, but it’s unstable. Meanwhile, tourism service jobs… Read full this story
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