Coconut musical instruments make Vietnam record

A set of coconut-made musical instruments by artisan Vo Van Ba in southern Ben Tre province has been recognized as a national record by the Vietnam Records Book Center.

The recognition by the Vietnam Records Book Center. (Photo: dan tri.com.vn)

According to artisan Vo Van Ba (also called artisan Ba Ba), the first person who had the idea of creating musical instruments from coconut is musician Le Dan from Ben Tre provincial Association of Literature and Arts. From the idea, he created coconut musical instruments which were displayed at Coconut Festival in Ben Tre province in 2012. Since then, he has made about other 100 instruments.

His mall house is the place where artists and artisans in the province come to admire the special musical instrument.

(Source: CPV)