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Crafting wooden fish, a wooden percussion instrument in temples, has become an integral part of a small village in Thuy Xuan ward, Hue city.
 Jackfruit wood is ideal for making the wooden fish  Artisans use saw to roughly shape the instrument, whose diameter is about one metre or more  A tool set essential to the craft  A chisel is used to make holes to create sounds Roughly shaped wooden fish Carving the wooden fish   Splitting a fish is a critical step to determine the sound it makes  In Buddhist culture, a wooden fish is the main instrument to keep rhythm for sutra reciters. 
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