Learn to Make Pottery in SEA's Oldest Pottery Village

Ceramics made of clay from the Quao River is produced there since 1100s, the times of the Cham Kingdom. The Chams, an ethnic group who live in the village, use a very special technique for producing pottery. It has been passed from mother to daughter since the ancient times. Soft clay is mixed with sand to create the base. Then pots are shaped by hand – no modern rotating wheels are used. The only tools the villagers need to make their produce are just simple tools like anvils, moulds and wet cloths. Before firing the pots over straw or wood, the produce is left in the sun for 4-6 hour to dry. There are no kilns in the village, and this technique makes Bau Truc pottery unique.

Also unique is the decoration of the local pottery. Some of the most popular designs include branches of a tree, shells or siluettes of dancing Apsaras. The colours applied on the pottery are all natural and characterisctic of the Cham culture. They are reddish brown, pink-red and dark grey. 

Visitors can buy local pottery including pots, decorative lamps, Apsara statuettes, and jars; or take part in pottery making workshops to bring home pottery pieces made by themselves.

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