Mysterious figure of long snout, horned in Ha Giang cave

These figures are made in the mysterious dark cave with 4 people standing almost parallel to each other, the head has a long mouth section like animal muzzle with two small, long horns on the head.

Prof. Dr. Trinh Nang Chung, Vietnam Institute of Archeology, said that recently, the survey team of the Archaeological Institute went to Kham My cave in Khoong My village, Tung Vai commune, Quan Ba ​​district, Ha Giang to study the figures. Mysterious drawing carved on the cliff.

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These drawings are performed in the dark cave of a mysterious nature. The drawings show four people standing almost in parallel, with two pictures still quite intact, the other two only recognize the first part. Notably, the head has a long mouth section like an animal's muzzle with two small, long horns on its head. The figure is quite balanced in the anthropometric ratio.

Dr. Chung told PV that these are drawings of prehistoric people, expressed in a real way during the ceremony with the dancing of the people dressed as beasts with two long horns. The ceremony involved hunting festivals or religious stamps. The painting material is dark red and compared with many painting and writing materials on the cliffs in some other places in Ninh Binh and Cao Bang, showing that the ancients in Kham My crushed the earth (a mineral of color. Dark red) mixed with vegetable oil or resin mixed with water as ink.

According to Dr. Chung, these drawings are small but have cultural and historical value, and are a kind of relics that are rarely found in Vietnam, so need to preserve and preserve as precious gems on Dong Van Plateau.

The content and true date of these mysterious drawings are a topic of interest to archaeologists, continuing further research.