2,000-year-old drum unearthed in Savannakhet, Laos

According to the Lao development newspaper, the Lao archeologists discovered a 2000-year old drum on Januaray, 30th 2008 in Savannakhet province, central Laos. This drum is the 4th drum that has been unearthed in Savannakhet province and the 7th drum that has been found in Laos. This drum is believed to be used in the sacred events of people in the old times such as to ask for rain and to motivate soldiers in the fighting field. This drum is 79 cm in height and 1 meter in width. It took 2 days to fish digging up this drum from the earth.

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