Paying homage to a heroic land – Burning incenses at Ben Duoc Monument

 

After arriving at the Cu Chi Tunnels, students of Vietnam Australia International School (VAS) began to listen to a presentation on the resistance war illustrated by a documentary. After that the students went into the tunnels to experience how the soldiers used to live in there. On their way in the tunnels, the students also saw Hoang Cam smokeless ovens and enjoyed boiled cassavas with salt-and-sesames, a familiar dish of soldiers in wartime.

After having lunch at the Ben Duoc Monument, VAS students went into the temples to burn incenses in memory of the war heroes. The students got emotional when they thought of the sacrifices the heroes made for the country. The trip came to an end offering the students a great lesson of history and a day of great fun with the field trip.

 

Walking the earth lane in once a war zone to experience soldiers’ operations 

 

Students visiting the historic site of Ben Duoc Monument

 

Teachers and students listening attentively to a presentation on the history of an ‘iron land’

 

Watching a war documentary attentively to understand the harshness of wars

Visit the tunnels under the ground

Enjoying boiled cassavas, a daily dish of soldiers then

 

Burning incenses in memory of war heroes

Taking photos with Cu Chi soldier statues

Washing hands with water from bamboo pipes