Rat's wedding
The artwork below is called "Rat's Wedding", a popular Dong Ho folk woodcut painting, that illustrates a piece of Vietnamese's ancient culture.
In the lower section of the picture is a rat groom who is escorting his bride home. He rides a red horse, a color of happiness, and wears a ceremonial hat. Accompanying him is a black rat carrying a big parasol, followed by another with a board. At the end of this line is the bride in a palanquin, carried by four mouses.
The new husband is worrying, looking to back to his wife and the other line. There are two rats who are playing music for the wedding, another pair brings a fish and a chick as offerings to a big angry cat. On this joyous day, the rat community hopes the cat can stay still and not mischievously destroy their festivity.
The cat serves as a metaphor for a corrupted government. This timeless piece of art subtly highlights the long history of the bribery culture in Vietnam.
038 - jaken - 07/12/2023
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