Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Whether an ancient or modern skill, the art of making toys from tiny bits of rice dough, pressed, turned and molded between the fingers of the hand is a sight to behold. This young man in the largest park in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, sat beside the gate to a popular tourist attraction making his toys. He is called a Toe He maker.
His fingers flew, grabbing just the right amount of soft dye colored rice dough for each part of the ferocious and fanciful dragon on a pole.
From start to finish the dragon took less than two minutes, yet when dried will be a treasure for many years.
Anthony Mournian
Toymaker: Dragon Man in a Han Oi Park
Videographer: Anthony Mournian
Whether an ancient or modern skill, the art of making toys from tiny bits of rice dough, pressed, turned and molded between the fingers of the hand is a sight to behold. This young man in the largest park in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, sat beside the gate to a popular tourist attraction making his toys. He is called a Toe He maker.
His fingers flew, grabbing just the right amount of soft dye colored rice dough for each part of the ferocious and fanciful dragon on a pole.
From start to finish the dragon took less than two minutes, yet when dried will be a treasure for many years.
Anthony Mournian
Toymaker: Dragon Man in a Han Oi Park
Videographer: Anthony Mournian
