"Lost" in the spring of Australia

In September, when autumn colors dyed in the northern hemisphere, in the land of kangaroo, the new spring began to wake up. Vibrant rays of sunlight begin to let go of the shiny yellow flowers, as Australia waits for the Floriade festival, Tesselaar is filled with the fragrance, making guests forget the way ...

Floriade - the whisper of spring
From September 16 to October 15, 2017, the capital city of Canberra will celebrate the unique and famous Floriade Spring Festival around the globe at Commonwealth Park. Held for the first time in 1988 and continues to this day, the Floriade Flower Festival takes place in 30 days and is increasingly rich with many types of flowers until the way of organization. Under the cool spring weather, tulips, violets, narcissus, and psychedelic scent… scent together. 
Visitors will see hundreds of kinds of famous tulips around the world with their own eyes and dozens of special flower works. The flowers of red, orange, yellow, pink ... interspersed with different sizes glow under the magnificent beauty of the beautiful capital of Canberra, creating a colorful and artistic picture of nature.
More than a million light bulbs will illuminate the space, turning the park into a vibrant floral embroidery. Walking around the gardens, admiring the masterpiece of flowers, you think you have lost in some romantic paradise and forgot the way back. Holding your beloved's hand, immersing in the splendid scenery of nature will surely be an unforgettable memory.
When coming here, besides enjoying the pure beauty of flowers, visitors also have the opportunity to learn about how to grow flowers, visit the decorative flower gardens with different topics to make the Floriade picture more lively. . In addition, visitors can participate in many fun activities, enjoy music, cuisine ... under the enthusiastic and friendly guidance of the hospitable people here.

Infatuated with the tulip Tesselaar festival
Every spring, in addition to the famous Floriade tulip festival in Canberra, Australians jubilantly welcome the Tesselaar tulip festival held at Silvan farm in the outskirts of Melbourne. This year, Tesselaar tulip festival takes place from September 14 to October 10, each week will organize cultural weeks honoring the land and people associated with tulips such as: "Turkey Week" , "Dutch Week", "Irish Week" and exciting cultural events such as: "Children's Week", "Food, Wine & Jazz Week" ... 
Your heart must flutter when "eye contact" to the field of flowers soothing eyes, the songs and the bustling dance. Each flower white, yellow, red, pink, orange, purple ... has its own beauty, "ten to ten". Interspersed among the flower beds are sculptures of leading artists that make the highlight for the carpet more outstanding.
Time seems to stop for wanderers to fully enjoy the lovely beauty of the legendary tulips. Touching his hand softly on the jawful of the jaw, the wandering soul of the traveler leaves the tulip path to the dreamland. Get on the horse-drawn carriage, hear the sounds of the sounds of the horses and think that you are going back in time to the golden age of the princesses and the countess. Do not forget to learn how to grow tulips taught by skilled artisans. It will be an extremely interesting impression when we understand how deeply Australian tourism is linked to the natural love.

Australia and experiences not to be missed
Not only is it radiant with needle, spring in Australia is also captivated by the beauty of natural beaches, magnificent gorges and ancient architecture. Here are some great suggestions you can't miss:
+ "Check-in" Sydney Opera House - the symbol of Australia.
+ Discover Blue Mountains National Park, take the cable car to admire the white waterfall between majestic nature.
+ Experience the ancient Melbourne with Chinatown, City Hall, Parliament House, St. Patrick's Church, Federation Square ...
+ Take the Puffing Billy steam train to admire the old village, woods and learn about the life of people in Dandenong, Melbourne. 
+ Shopping at the Queen Victoria Market - the place providing lush green vegetables, fresh seafood.

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If you want to go to Cuba, think again!

The Caribbean nation is often described by many words such as magnificent, splendid, invaluable museums of the time ... Don't be fascinated by those "winged" words, you will ... be disappointed by the fact that like the acclaimed travel magazines. Cuba makes the legs work constantly to experience interesting things, makes you sad when you leave ...

Stroll in a car that is "as old as the earth"

Ever amazed the widescreen audience through the blockbuster "Fast & Furious 8", classic cars are the first "specialties" you should experience when coming to Cuba. Because the purchase of a new car requires an import license, the price is very high, so the used car is a superior choice and becomes a unique symbol of the country. The street is like a moving car museum when you have a look at the Chevrolet, Ford, Cadillac ... produced from the 1950s colorful, new carbon on the road. 

Tired at the ancient La Habana

La Habana Vieja Old Town more than 500 years old, the cultural heritage of humanity is a place you have to visit once in your life. Walking on peaceful paved streets, everyone is fascinated with the beautiful houses imbued with Baroque and Neoclassical characters. The Cathedral is fascinated by the intricate exterior decoration, bright frescoes inside. The cathedral square is bustling with street art. Plaza de Armas Square, Calle Obisspo street is where you can freely shop for souvenirs, T-shirts printed with pictures of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro ...

Weight gain for a bold Caribbean meal

Traditionally, dishes will be presented at the same time. The first is Paella Habana - a slightly pasty rice dish that smells of turmeric, cooked with chem carp, clams, squid, shrimp ... attractive by the yellow color of turmeric, vegetables and fresh seafood. Tamales made from ground corn, cornstarch, shortening and ground pork; Black bean soup is also popular. In addition, Ropa vieja including shredded beef cooked with criollo tomato sauce is also very delicious. In the afternoon, it's great if you sip a cool Mojito cocktail by the beach and fall in love with the charming Guantanamera dance.

Running out of money for buying cigars

Along with classic cars, cigars are the pride of the Cuban people. Before the economic embargo, then US President John F. Kennedy had imported thousands of cigars. To wrap a cigar requires two types of leaves: the outermost leaf is the thin, large one grown indoors. Linked leaves and leaves as cores planted outdoors. Cigar rolling people must be true artisans, try 2 years, then need at least 6 more years to master the technique and learn about cigars. In addition to understanding the process of making miraculous cigars, many people will be determined to "draw their pockets" to buy the famous cigars to Vietnam as precious gifts. 

Regret cheap because not bring a better camera

Cienfuegos, a world cultural heritage, is the best model of urban planning of Spain in the early 19th century. "Southern Pearl" also preserves many unique architectural works: Valle palace, park. Marti, Tomas Terry Theater, Cathedral ... Trinidad Heritage City is famous for its cobblestone streets, magnificent blue pine houses built in the 16th century. Main Square, Central Square, Church Holy Trinity, Iznaga tower ... is the place to "check-in". Discovering heritage cities, without the need for a top-notch camera, you just need to feel with your eyes and heart.

"Contraindications" for those who love Ernest Hemingway

Great writer Ernest Hemingway has lived in La Habana for many years, so those who have fallen in love with his works will regret it when they do not visit the places where he once walked. Ambos Mundos Hotel - where he put pen to write the famous work “Whom the Bell of Soul” is always full of people. The small pub ¨La Bodeguita del Medio¨ he frequents, the house Hemingway used to live in is a museum named after him ... is also very interesting. Remember to visit the beautiful fishing village of Cojimar to find the source of inspiration for the "Old Man and the Sea".

Tracking hero Che Guevara

The city of Santa Clara - the place where the Revolution's victory was led by Ernesto Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfeugous is the place many Vietnamese people want to visit. Here, famous landmarks: Memorials honoring national hero Che Guevara, tombs containing his remains, museums containing memorabilia of his life, Vidal Park, “Wrapped trains steel ”… will bring you the most comprehensive and insightful view of the hero loved and admired by many generations of Vietnamese people.

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Features of Thai ethnic cuisine (Dien Bien)

The whole area now has 38 tourist accommodation establishments, dozens of restaurants with European and Asian specialties, but that luxury element is not the attraction of tourists traveling far thousands of miles to the Northwest. When in Dien Bien, tourists often want to enjoy traditional and rustic dishes which are deposited by the rich flavors transmitted from thousands of generations ...

Thai people prefer the rich, nutritious flavor that is baked. Buffalo, beef, fish and chicken meat dishes are very picky and seasoned by Thai people. Spices to marinate are pepper forest, also known as "choking", chili, garlic, ginger, salt ... Before marinating with meat, the spices are also baked up to ripen, scent. UVa is a tourist site close to the Thai ethnic minority, the contingent of officials and employees are ethnic minorities, understand the customs and traditions of the people, have cooking techniques and are ready to serve visitors with demand cultural awareness of national cuisine. The restaurant is adjacent to UVa lake, sitting and dining in an airy and poetic space, visitors admire the charming scenery.

Visiting the village, if you want to enjoy traditional dishes, visitors should order rice with the village leader. Some self-sufficient materials such as chicken, fish, vegetables, spices ... it takes only about an hour for the owner and the customer to raise the cup of wine to "enjoy", wish health, catch Hold each other tightly. Eating delicacies of the Thai people, sitting on stilts is interesting that not everywhere. In the tray of Thai people have many dishes, each dish has a unique flavor. The most typical is the baked food, called "lam soot": bar is grilled, so is nhìu. Any type of meat, poultry, or seafood can be grilled. Cut meat, marinate, use skewers or fresh bamboo tongs on charcoal; or minced meat, mashed with eggs, wrapped in banana leaves, dong leaves, sandwiched, grilled over red charcoal or buried hot ash; When cooked, the meat is very fragrant, not eaten. Grilled fish dish attracts by the aroma of fish, the spicy of chili. The dish "plop" is also grilled fish, but often used with big fish such as copy, drift, carp ... cut back, drain, rub a layer of roasted salt; soaked fresh chilli, crushed, chopped, let the fish infuse spices, harden meat and put on charcoal. Ripe fish has an attractive aroma, used to drink alcohol very nicely. Fish products, Thai people produce many different, typical and delicious dishes: steamed fish in wooden jars, Thai people called cobia. The dish "pa preach" is smoked fish. Due to the highland characteristics, Thai people often save dried fish in the kitchen. When there are guests, home away from the market, not making up the food, then leave the fish baked for aroma, pour wine to invite guests to sip. And in the kitchen, the family continues to process the food, adding each dish to the guests. This is a way to retain customers, showing the hospitality of highlanders. Besides baked goods, Thai people also have the ability to process spices to eat with boiled dishes, steamed dishes, and delicious flavors. On Dien Bien, tourists enjoy chicken "walk" - chickens raised on the hill, firm meat. Boiled chicken dotted with cross spices is very delicious, not tired, drinking with Mong Po wine or hot pot is very interesting. From meat, fish, highland people also have sausages, boiled, sour soup ... with a unique taste.

Glutinous sticky rice is a traditional dish of Thai people. The Thai people have a method of sticky rice with wooden techniques very technical. Cooked with steam, soft, flexible but not sticky hands. Sticky rice is packed into a pressed rice or closed rice basket, keep warm, keep the rice flexible. Lam rice is a specialty of the Thai people often used on holidays, New Year or entertaining guests. With tours, visitors can bring along sticky rice, a few rice balls to eat along the way or when relaxing at the sights will be very convenient. In this season, Thai people treat guests with products, such as bitter bamboo shoots, sweet bamboo shoots; mustard greens, greens ... dipping with a cross spice, a pungent taste of chili, galangal, salty of roasted salt, and aroma of vegetables.

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Chinese New Year dance - a unique color for the Dao Yen Bai people

Like other ethnic minorities in the community of Vietnamese ethnic groups, the Dao ethnic group in Khe Rong hamlet, Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province has a rather unique way of eating Tet, typical for the nation. That is Tet dance. For many generations, the Tet dance has become an indispensable cultural feature of the Dao people every New Year, spring.

The dance festival (also known as Nham Cham Dao) usually starts from the 10th of the 10th lunar month to before the Lunar New Year. To prepare for the new year dance, the young people in the village have to practice the dance, dance and have to prepare wooden swords to dance. According to the village elders, a long time ago, when the Dao ancestors in the North crossed the South China Sea into Vietnam, some boats had encountered storms and winds, they had to jump to ask for help from the fairies and the gods. promised to escape ashore, then later will celebrate Tet dance to give thanks.

In the past, to organize a dance festival was very costly, the Dao had to work for three consecutive years. The first year works one day and one night, the second year makes two days and two nights, the third year makes three days and three nights. Up to now, people's lives have been improved, customs have been eliminated, from 12 years onwards, the Dao family will hold a dance festival once and the time is 3 days 3 nights.

To make a dance festival is not simple at all because it depends on the material conditions as well as on worship and rituals. Unlike other ethnic groups, the worship of the Dao Nga tsar in Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district is very unique. The altar should not be placed in the middle of the house, but should be placed in the corner of the house (in the opinion of the Dao people, that is the most sacred place). The dance festival must be held at the house (ie the house with the altar of the family). If any family wants to hold a dance festival, they must first perform a village praying ceremony, everyone in the village will contribute money to make offerings. In general, after that, the person who takes part in the ceremony to pray for the village (who is trusted and elected by the villagers) will pray for the villagers' health, prosperity and good luck. It takes six to seven days before Tet to organize a dancing festival, at the beginning of the year, The family had to prepare food, food and tools to dance during the Chinese New Year dance. Funeral offerings include chickens, pigs, wine, rice and paper.

On the occasion of Tet dance, from the early morning, the family held a thick cake, slaughtered pigs and chickens; young people in the lineage prepare flags made of paper and machined swords (about 50 centimeters long swords), wooden knives and axes. When finished, use blue and red ink to paint and decorate the pattern on it. 

The two priests were invited by the family to begin their work. After praying for heaven and earth, the ancestors blessed the family and village for a new year of health, pray for good rain and wind, favorable business jobs and asked for a dance festival, the teacher held a "swing" (carrying) meaning like a yin-yang coin) raised and tossed hard on the ground, when the two pieces of the same head are positive, the ancestors agreed to make Tet dance. Next, the two teachers burned yellow paper to send money to the elderly, so that they could recognize the family for the Tet holiday. After that, the family was about to cook and invited everyone to attend to eat.

The dance festival of the Dao is a family festival but is considered by the whole village as a general festival. At the first ritual, everyone was preparing to dance Lap Lo Lo Sat. A monk read aloud to everyone about the origin of the dance and also read history for ancestors to witness, at the same time, the other teacher stood up to dance with a group of 8 to 10 people (unlimited number amount). Each person dances with a flag, a gong drum, and collapses ... dance in a rotating fashion. After that, many traditional dances were performed such as: sword dance, street dance (tortoise dance), tortoise dance (Peo tu) ... All movements of these dances are performed. continuously with the ingenuity and subtlety of the performer. The dances, lyrics in the New Year dance often towards good things, happiness. The dances are highly symbolic and unique. During the Chinese New Year dance, Each person had to dance to hundreds of times in the bell and drum beat. People who attend New Year dance and dance all day and night, whoever gets tired will be replaced. Just like that during the dance festival. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let the two teachers report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let the two teachers report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude. On the day of the end of the dance festival, the two teachers wore skirts with embroidery to the fields and then went out to the main door to blow prison and with the meaning of calling Ngoc Hoang down to let them report that they had completed the dance festival. Then the two teachers performed a "return ceremony" to end the Tet holiday. After that, the villagers ate and wished the owner a lucky and good year. After the two teachers returned, the family paid each teacher a pig's leg to express gratitude.

The Emperor Nga's Dance Festival is a general cultural activity of folk arts such as dancing, music, language ... all of which have created a unique unique dance of color. of the Dao people in the highland of Yen Bai.

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The custom of eating betel nut of Muong people (Hoa Binh)

Currently, the custom of eating betel nut of the Muong people is no longer common, leaving only a few elderly people in the Muong areas who still hold betel nut sticky rice. However, betel nut still plays an important role in cultural life; in all rituals in the life of Muong people.

Muong people have a tradition of betel chewing perhaps for a long time, because betel nut has gone into the place of worship. Like Kinh people, Muong people also take "betel nut is the beginning of the story". Whenever they met, they invited each other to eat betel nut and then talk. Previously most women and girls dyed betel teeth and many men were addicted to betel. Girls and boys who grow up around 14 or 15 years old begin to dye their teeth and eat betel nut. The type of betel nut that Muong people like is the betel nut tree, which is big, thick and fragrant. The second kind of betel nut is betel nut. Betel leaf leaves smaller and not as delicious as betel nut. These two varieties of betel are planted but when the winter, the salt fog on the leaves of betel leaves falls out, the betel nut addicts must resort to the betel grass, growing wild in the forest. This betel nut is not spicy, not as fragrant as betel nut, but they have to be used temporarily in the winter.

The things that Muong people eat with betel nut are areca, lime, then bark, or betel leaf and tobacco and waterpipe tobacco. Once upon a time, every woman and girl had a betel nut bag, which was a cloth bag, sewn into a gizzard shape or a round-bottomed tube on the mouth stitched to thread the strings, tied and tied at the waist whenever they went. Old people who have broken their teeth must eat betel nut. The betel bowl is made of cow's shin bone, the bottom of the leg is about 7-8cm tall. Someone even wrapped silver around the mouth of the mortar. Chay betel pounding usually with a small piece of copper or iron, there are three ranks outside the first to pound. Later, often people made mortar to pound betel. Limestone is usually made of ceramic, which Muong people cannot do but must buy from Kinh people who bring it from the plains to sell. If you can't buy it, people store it with bamboo. The poor often pack tobacco with leaves in a towel while the rich and the nobility put tobacco and lime in a silver snail, a snail that is both for jewelry and a snail. put it on the belt, take that to make. Because the Muong people have the saying "Thul tlù pang pang, size-sized handkerchief, funny pau khau" means "betel nut bag next to, areca front, comedy (slipper) behind.

Betel nut has entered the cultural life of Muong people deeply. Betel nut is present in all rituals in the life of Muong people. At the offering of a ritual, people are always invited to drink betel nut water first, then to invite rice and wine. And especially in the wedding ceremony, betel nut is an important indispensable gift. Betel nut is also good news. Whenever anyone is offered betel nut and betel nut, they immediately know that the house with their younger sister and granddaughter is about to be exported. Thereby, the relatives also know to prepare gifts for the next wedding. Those congratulatory goods have things that need to be prepared for a long time, such as wine. In solemn reception parties, Muong girls are often the ones who invite betel nut to invite water. They have a really lyrical song to invite betel.

Although Muong people have known to eat betel nut so long, they hardly know betel nut. Betel pieces are wiped with lime in the middle of the leaf, folded in parallel, along the sides of the leaf curled up and embedded in the center of the leaf. Normally, the women had betel nut betel the night before, when everything was done in the day, they sat down to drink betel nut water and talked after a hard working day, so they prepared betel nut for the whole day. after. In the morning, they start the day again with a piece of betel nut to red lips, fragrant mouth.

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Cultural features of Mong people costume (Son La)

Mong people settled in Son La very early, with a fairly dense population, about 132,000 people, accounting for 13% of the provincial population. Mong people in Son La are a community with a tradition of solidarity and courage in fighting to defend the Fatherland; industrious and creative in productive labor, building the homeland; have their own voice and translated version with diverse and rich cultures are always preserved and promoted.

In the spring, coming back to Son La, to any lowland or highland, from small villages to crowded street markets, everywhere, Mong men and women are dressed in colorful dresses. color to play spring without mixing with any other ethnic groups. Mong people in Son La include branches of flower buttock, red buttock, green buttock and black buttock. In addition to the famous alpine dances and alpine dances, flute pianos, flute flute and famous folk games such as crossbow shooting, pao throwing, tu lu, throwing sticks, dragon hatching ... Mong people in Son La also have very specific cultural features, including unique costume culture, to this day, it is still preserved, maintained and developed, contributing to the overall development of the culture. Vietnam is advanced and imbued with national identity.

If the Thai people have pieu towels and mantle made from cotton fibers, forming a separate traditional culture handed down, the Mong people are only made of flax fibers grown on upland fields, taken care of by Mong girls. just bring back stripped skin, dried, flax into yarn, stained, woven into colorful brocade fabric. Previously, to make colorful dresses, mainly knitting or embroidery, it took years to complete a dress. Now, due to consumer tastes, industrial sewing has been put into operation but still retains the national identity through each match decoration pattern on the skirt, dress. Costumes of red buttocks and black buttocks (mainly living in Phu Yen, Bac Yen, and Muong La) are often showy with the main color being yellow and red on black cloth background (body of black shirt, red yellow sleeves; skirt on top of black Two thirds is red gold, many folds, and leggings wrapped in black leggings). For the green butt costume (mainly living in Moc Chau and Yen Chau), the main color is black and white. Most of the costumes are worn under any circumstances, it is suitable both in production conditions and festivals. As for Mongolia, the easy distinguish from other Mong branches is in the headwear. Flower buttocks in Mai Son and Song Ma usually wear parasols and hats, but are attached with a lot of tassels, colorful necklaces of beads; Mongolia in Thuan Chau, Quynh Nhai, mainly black scarf wrapped on the head into a hat (like a Thai pieu towel), but on the scarf is attached a lot of red flower bunches of wool. For red and black buttocks (the Mongolian branch), few wear scarves or hats, but mainly wrap wigs, ponytail, wrap many layers on the head to become a "fashion hair fashion" with earrings, silver earrings, large, multi-layered, exquisitely engraved, heavily worn on the ear, forming a distinctive feature of the Mong people. Particularly, the black buttock is also shown its very own decoration with wearing many layers of white silver necklaces that have been finely refined in all sizes from large to small. Most of the men of the Mong people in Son La have the common feature that the costumes are black, tight shirts, buttons, pants; many areas are decorated around the lap with white silver beams ... Most of the men of the Mong people in Son La have the common feature that the costumes are black, tight shirts, buttons, pants; many areas are decorated around the lap with white silver beams ... Most of the men of the Mong people in Son La have the common feature that the costumes are black, tight shirts, buttons, pants; many areas are decorated around the lap with white silver beams ...

Although there are no accurate and complete statistics, but up to this point, costume culture of the Mong people in the Northwest in general and Son La in particular is still the most beautiful and sophisticated brocade costume. The most and most national character. They have been preserving and enriching the traditional culture, contributing to preserving the national identity in the Vietnamese ethnic community.

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Ha Nhi women in Dien Bien and the role of preserving traditional costumes

Traditional costumes of Ha Nhi La Mi people in Sin Thau, Muong Nhe and Dien Bien are in danger of disappearance. To preserve and preserve these cultural colors, it is impossible not to mention the role of women.
Traditional clothing of the Ha Nhi people clearly reflects the conquering and proficient use of some types of plants as raw materials, production tools, as well as dyes, ... to serve the needs of wearing.
Apparel and social attributes
The technique of producing Ha Nhi costumes is handmade and associated with the activities of each family in society. It reflects a self-sufficient economy. In this context, Ha Nhi's costume clearly reflects the gender division of labor in society - The important role of Ha Nhi women in addressing the needs of families and the community.

Ha Nhi clothing is highly "social", because it not only stops at the normal physical values ​​but also expresses the social ideology of the Ha Nhi people. In holidays, New Year, weddings, ... Costumes are not monotonous but have distinct shades, reflecting the perception of folk aesthetics, beliefs, morality, dreams, aspirations, ... of people .
Ha Nhi's costumes also reflect and mark a high level of folk aesthetics. The visual arts in costumes, especially women's clothing, is a place where conception of aesthetics, harmony and preservation and reflection of ethnic characteristics are concentrated. Colors and patterns on traditional costumes are handled delicately, harmoniously, without greed, but always under consideration of aesthetic conception and national psychology. "It is the harmony of shaping style in traditional delicate clothes, skilful and using moderate patterns of Ha Nhi women".

In the process of migration and residence interspersed with other ethnic groups, Ha Nhi people on the one hand still retain the cultural identity of their own ethnic group, on the other hand, have absorbed cultural elements of other ethnic groups. , including costumes (such as textile techniques, colors, materials, ...). That is the process of creating a style and unique feature of Ha Nhi costume in Sin Thau - Muong Nhe - Dien Bien.

Along with the change in all aspects of social life, the traditional costumes of Ha Nhi people in Muong Nhe - Dien Bien also have many changes.

The danger of disappearing from a traditional culture leads to the loss of a series of fine customs and traditions. So traditional costumes should be reserved and preserved.

Ha Nhi women join hands to conserve traditional costumes
Embroidery and needlework are everyday tasks of women. They take advantage of every spare time to embroider, sometimes stitching a scarf, shirt, pants takes half a year to finish sewing. This work is done by women who do not have training classes but only learn from each other or from the mother who teaches the children, she teaches the younger sister.
Children from 10 to 11 years old learn how to sew and embroider, if any one doesn't know, ask their mother and sister. Embroidery is a job that requires ingenuity, practice and takes a long time to know, how to sew and its steps, it takes a good memory to practice sewing. Since the girls have been practicing sewing since early childhood, almost everyone knows how to sew, until they are grown up, they are girls with golden hands, not only shopping for themselves but also for their family and relatives. .

In order to wear the right outfit, the guidance of the sister's mother is required. Before you wear a short shirt, you must wear a ao dai first, then wear a short top outside. Then adjust the body of the shirt to be beautiful. Before wearing the head scarf, wear a sash first.

In the cause of building the country, building a new culture, socialist people, we will be lacking if we do not have access to traditional culture, taking traditional ethnic culture as one of the bases. important to building a cultural life today and tomorrow. In the pace of the industrial age, Ha Nhi people (including women) not only lived and framed in villages, but also traveled far and wide in all parts of the country. On the other hand, industrial labor requires people to wear European clothes to match, and .. And Ha Nhi women need to rest after a day of work, not being able to stay up late sewing, weaving, etc.
So should we keep the designs, decorative patterns, traditional dresses combined with industrial fabric to make costumes for holidays, New Year, festivals, ...

To form a trade village specialized in producing costumes in general and brocade products in particular to create jobs for laborers.

Brocade products will be a very "sell" product in the future in areas with potential for development such as A Pa Chai Border Gate - the border junction at Sin Thau - Muong Nhe, Muong Nhe Nature Reserve. , if we know how to take advantage of it. We have just introduced local products, while creating a part of income for the people here.

To introduce us more about the value of costume culture on the indigenous culture in the northwestern mountains of Dien Bien. Since then, along with the Ha Nhi people to preserve and on that basis promote the costume culture in particular and Ha Nhi culture in general, build a bold advanced culture that has national cultural identity.

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Pao dung singing: A unique cultural feature of the Dao Van Yen people

Along with the creation of fancy and fancy traditional costumes, Pao dung is an indispensable cultural feature of the Dao Van Yen ethnic minority people, a means to convey the feelings and feelings. and the desire of the Dao people in daily life.

In order to understand clearly the “Pao dung” melody of the Dao ethnic minority people in Van Yen district, we went to Vien Son commune, where many Dao ethnic minority people live, which also preserves the unique cultural features of the ethnic group. Dao, especially sang Pao dung.

Ban Phuc Han - Chairman of Vien Son Commune People's Committee said: “According to the voice of the Dao people, Pao dung means singing, singing Pao dung is singing folk songs of the Dao people. Pao Dung was born and developed from the production labor, from the spiritual and religious life needs of the Dao ethnic community. Pao dung has been handed down for generations, existing up to now and become a special cultural activity of Dao people in Van Yen ”.

For the Dao people, Pao dung was always preserved as a treasure. Every New Year comes, when spring comes, the young Dao women and men invite each other to sing from one village to another. The passionate song made them seem to forget the day and the month, so even though there was a ending, parting, it seemed that the Pao contents never ended. Then around August, September of the lunar calendar, when the crop was over, the boys and girls in the village resumed Pao's appointment.

Pao dung singing is divided into several categories. Pao singing includes activities of lullabies, fun songs, love songs, love songs for men and women, chanting ... Sing Pao dung rituals of beliefs - customs include songs used in rituals. system of the Dao people, such as singing at acute ceremonies, weddings, funerals, and full month offerings ... Pao song in labor includes songs praising production workers, praising natural beauty or experiences In terms of the weather, crops were accumulated by the Dao generations and passed on to the next generation.

Mr. Ban Phuc Han added: "Pao singing expresses the spirit of creative labor, morality, life, behavior, praising nature, love of the couple. Pao dung song has expressed deeply deeply lyrical, smooth, bright and simple of the Dao soul.The greatest cultural value here is the orientation of educating people to understand the origin of their nation, their homeland, preserve and promoting words in the folk tunes that deeply involve relationships in the family, relatives, brothers, love of couples, in production labor ... to pass on to the next generation. activities, production labor, they self-composed to suit the reality but still retain the tone nuanced typical of the Dao ethnic group. shops, daily life features are summarized and expressed through the verses ”.

Therefore, Pao dung singing has become a special cultural feature of Dao Van Yen people for many generations. However, at present, most young people are not interested in the song “Pao dung”, therefore, the risk of disappearance of the Pà Dung song is very great. To preserve the Pao Dung melody of the Dao ethnic minority people, Van Yen district has made efforts to implement many solutions.

Mr. Le Minh Duc - Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Van Yen district said: “In order to preserve the Pao dung tone, over the past time, the district has promoted propaganda and mobilized the Dao people to preserve cultural values. of your people; at the same time, organize the collection and collection of ancient documents and books about Pao that are stored among the people to translate into Mandarin for use as propaganda materials. Every year, organize Pao dung singing in each village, commune and inter-commune in order to bring Pao dung back to serve life, in association with activities in the annual cultural festivals so that people enthusiastically respond and participate. especially the younger generation, contributing to the conservation of Pao dung singing of the Dao people here. "

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Costumes of fellow Cao Lan

The costumes of the Cao Lan people are divided into two different categories: regular clothes and festive costumes. The wedding attire of the Cao Lan people is not much different from the usual.

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Arousing the values ​​of Pho Hien - Hung Yen folklore

In the third lunar month every year, Hung Yen city jubilantly hosts the Pho Hien folklore festival. With the restoration and organization of many cultural and religious activities, traditional folk games, Pho Hien Folklore Festival becomes a convergence and a highlight in promoting the beauty of architecture and culture. Pho Hien's tradition - Hung Yen city today.

Being a famous trading port for a while, Pho Hien had traders from more than 10 countries to do business and trade such as the Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Portugal, China ... Along with goods, Foreign traders brought here many of their architecture, customs and culture, Pho Hien became the convergence and intersection of many cultures. Over time with ups and downs of history, Pho Hien is no longer a commercial port, a commercial center but the traces of a flourishing time are still very strong in the architectural works, practices, lifestyle. Typically, a complex of relics in Hung Yen city with over 100 relics, hundreds of inscriptions, thousands of valuable antiques distributed in most wards and communes of Hung Yen city such as: Xich Mieu Temple Dang, Chuong pagoda, Nam Chau pagoda, Hien pagoda temple, Mau temple, May temple, 

The concentration of monuments, most of which are historical and cultural relics associated with spirituality, worship of the gods and angels, have formed a series of traditional festivals with their own identities. relics. Here, each religious building, ancient beliefs is hidden in it a separate story full of thrilling, philosophical. There is a story expressing respect and gratitude to those who have contributed to the country and helping people have a peaceful life; There is a story expressing empathy, "loving people as if they loved themselves" ... From there, creating unique features of each festival in the relics that make the cultural space of Hung Yen city both diverse. in terms of form but also extremely rich in identity. 

In 2014, Pho Hien relic was recognized as a special national monument. This is an honor and pride, creating a premise for Hung Yen city in particular and our province in general to preserve and promote cultural and historical values ​​in order to stimulate the potential for tourism development. At the same time, the organization of Pho Hien Folk Culture Festival associated with relics and restoring ancient cultural activities and beliefs will contribute to a re-enactment of a land that has gone down in history with a song. "First Period, second Pho Hien".

Since 2007, Hung Yen town, now Hung Yen city has restored and organized Pho Hien folklore festival. Pho Hien folklore festival is held from the 6th of the 3rd lunar month every year. At the festival, the activities of the ceremony are being endeavored to restore the traditional rituals and ceremonies to create a unique cultural space. Part of the festival is lively and bustling activities with folk games such as: Going to Kieu Bridge, tug of war, flying kite flute ... At Pho Hien folklore festival, the cultural quintessence of festivals in The relics are refined and converged, fully expressing the quintessence and characteristics of Pho Hien land culture. Coming to Pho Hien Folklore Festival, visitors not only admire the beauty of the relics but also immerse themselves in traditional folk activities. Pho Hien folklore festival is the opening activity for a series of festivals in the monuments making the festival space like a continuous flow. In the sacred space of relics, the cultural activities of the community are reproduced partly vividly, helping visitors visualize the bustling scene "on the boat dock" of the old Pho Hien. Immersed in the festive atmosphere, visitors learn more about cultural traditions, discover unique features of food, music and unique folk games. This is also an opportunity for Hung Yen city to promote its potential, promote tourism and service development in association with historical sites, festivals, etc. in order to constantly contribute to the preservation and promotion of advanced cultural values. progressive, imbued with national identity.

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"Vietnamese Ao Dai Space" - The convergence of the national culture

With the Hanoi Department of Tourism recognized as a standard facility for tourists, Lan Huong Ao Dai (trading name Lanhuong Fashion House) will become an attractive destination for tourists. experiences with fashion and traditional ao dai, which are rich in the essence of the national culture.
Arouse passion and traditional beauty

“Ao Dai Space” located at 18 Au Co Street - Tay Ho District - Hanoi City is the result of the burning effort and passion for traditional Ao Dai of Artisans - Designers Lan Huong. This address was born with the desire to create a tourist address, an attractive shopping and experience space for domestic tourists and international friends, and is an effective means to promote evil. Vietnamese traditional ao dai is closer to the world. 

From the past until now, when it comes to Vietnamese traditional costumes, people often think of Ao Dai. Through each period, each period of history, Vietnamese ao dai still exists with time and is considered a symbol in the culture of the nation. 

And with Designer Lan Huong is no exception, she is passionate about ao dai, wants to lead them to a true traditional beauty, not to ao dai with too many innovations. She wishes: "Ao Dai must be really a piece of work so that when anyone looks at it, they want to wear it, which is the number one choice for important parties or holidays. The performance in the "Ao Dai Space" is always faithful to the traditional figure but is shown extremely delicate on pure Vietnamese materials and 100% of the stages are done by manual methods. 

Not only a result, a milestone in his career, "Ao Dai Space" also contributes to affirm the talent and name of Lan Huong Designer, along with relentless efforts. in her fashion and culture industry.

Interesting destination for domestic and international visitors

"Ao Dai space" is designed on an area of ​​1300m2, including 03 floors in a luxurious old villa. The surrounding is decorated with many unique flowers and ornamental plants, giving visitors relaxation and a feeling of closeness to nature.

The main part of the space displays ao dai over the ages, introducing thematic collections of themed and fashionable ao dai such as costumes of the former African Ỷ Lan - the tang mulberry (period) Ly), ancient ao dai through sculptures of Statue of Ngoc Nu (Tran Dynasty) and Nam Phuong Hoang Hau (Nguyen Dynasty), Ao Dai of Nguyen Phuc Khoat ... Collection of ancient ao dai like Ao Dai , four-body shirt, five coal shirt, ...

Besides, coming to the "Ao Dai Space", visitors also witnessed the process of creating a collection such as weaving, sewing, embroidering, handcrafted by craftsmen. and introduction. 

This is also a common home for Vietnamese artisans who can exchange like My Duc silk, Van Phuc silk, Bat Trang pottery, Chuong conical hat, Quat Dong embroidery, Dinh Cong silver carvings, ...

On 11/12, "Vietnamese Ao Dai Space" was officially opened with many cultural and tourist activities serving visitors. Along with that is the introduction of hand-embroidered works made by the Malaysian princess with the direct guidance of Vietnamese artisans, Batik art performance, Indonesian costume performance and Vietnamese ao dai…

With outstanding features in the traditional cultural space, this address promises to be a destination, a place for exchange of domestic and international fashion designers. Thereby, contributing to the cause of tourism development and promoting traditional culture in Hanoi Capital

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Unique custom of welcoming Thai New Year

Like many other ethnic groups, the traditional New Year of the Thai people is celebrated at the time of the Lunar New Year of the Kinh people.
Thai people in Vietnam have more than 1 million people, mainly living in the northern mountainous provinces such as Lai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. For Thai people in many regions, the 25th of the lunar month (lunar calendar) is often considered the last and largest market of the year. People go to the market to buy Tet shopping, then relax for Tet. On the morning of the 27th or 28th, the village patriarch or the village head urges every house to clean the whole village. Evening 29, began to pack banh chung.
Thai people usually pack two types of black and white banh chung. To make black bread, they burn straw, get clean ash and glutinous rice and sift the ash soot and still keep black. Many places do not give onion meat, it falls into the cake because people think that the taste of Tet in banh chung is mainly expressed in the taste of dong leaves and that is also the subject to offer to the ancestors. Achievements have been achieved in the past year.

On the morning of January 30, the houses boiled banh chung and pork. The evening of 30 Tet is the year-end feast, with the presence of relatives, friends, and all night people drink alcohol. On the night of the 30th New Year, the Thai people's regulations never turn off. After the New Year's Eve offering ceremony with fish, meat, cakes, brocade items, silver bars ...

Thai people often have the custom of calling souls. On the evening of the 28th, 29th or 30th of Tet, they meat two chickens, one for ancestor worship and the other used to call souls for everyone in the house. In order to summon the soul, he offered each of them a shirt, bundled one end together, hung it on his shoulders, held a burning stick of wood in his hand, then took it to the village head to call the soul two or three times, then back to the bridge. thang called again. After that, the priest personally ties a black thread into the hands of each family member to exorcise, that thread must be left on its own. If it is broken, the employer is easily sick or has a bad story.

White Tai in Quynh Nhai, Son La even have a shampoo festival on the afternoon of the 30th New Year. All village elders, village chiefs, from old to young, went down to the river to organize a shampooing ceremony. The concept of the Thai people, shampooing is an important opening ceremony of festivals in the year. Entering the new year, everyone in the village has to wash their hair to wash away the hardships, illnesses, the bad luck of the old year, and to send off the disaster, hardship, and disease along the water (rivers, streams). ) go on forever, and pray for the good health of the people, the new year, good things, good business. After shampooing, everyone participated in activities such as longer throw, quick cheek, dance and other folk games. Everyone from the dock to the home began to prepare ancestral death anniversary.
In the morning, a Thai woke up early and scooped up some boiled water for each person to drink some. Women in the house on the first day of the New Year were brought away to map out the fan in the middle of the house. Then people moved out two or three cozy trays, placed on high trays to worship the ancestors of the husband, while the lower trays worship the ancestors of the wife. After all, all the boys in the house let the women eat first, and only once a year on the first day of the New Year (every day, women eat with or after men).

The Tet holiday of Thai people has an indispensable dish, it is fish with grilled dishes, sausages, sour salt or dried water ... The Kinh people abstain from going to each other's house early, but the Thai people are bright on that morning. nuisance to each other to wish each other. They just abstained from throwing dong leaves on the floor, abstaining from the house on the first day of the New Year. The evening of the first day they did thanksgiving. From the afternoon of the first day, young people start going out, and want to go out when they want to go, go to any village to eat and drink in that village, sometimes go through the 10th of Lunar New Year or go to full moon in January.
The traditions of Tet holiday are different, but they all have one thing in common is that in the first days of the new year, people are particularly interested in how to treat neighbors, friends and family members. Everyone is happy, excited, friendly in the warm atmosphere of spring. Everyone is afraid of loudly, they will be "thunderstorm" all year. To celebrate the New Year, even though there are differences in customs, they all meet in the humanistic spirit, in the desire to be full, happy and prosperous.

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Preserve and promote the value of cultural heritage in Tien Yen - Quang Ninh

As a district with a rich history and culture, there are many landscapes created and bestowed, Tien Yen has a rich and diverse cultural heritage system imbued with cultural identities of ethnic groups. Determining the importance of cultural heritage in the development of society, especially in the program of new rural construction, in recent years, the district has promoted the implementation of solutions to preserve and promote prices. treat cultural heritage in the area.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Head of District Culture and Information Department, said that in order to effectively carry out the conservation and promotion of heritage values, in the past time, Tien Yen focused on propagating and educating consciousness. preserve and promote the values ​​of cultural heritage in general and national cultural identity in particular in all strata of the people; strengthening training to improve professional skills for the grassroots cultural workforce in identifying types of intangible and tangible cultural heritage; methods of investigating and collecting artifacts and antiques ... Along with that, the district focused on directing the establishment of folk art clubs (clubs) of ethnic minorities. At present, the district has 9 ethnic minority folk clubs with the national cultural identity with the gathering of artisans, people dedicated to ethnic culture and commune leaders participating. Clubs are interested in investing in supporting musical instruments, performance costumes, and inviting artisans to organize refresher classes to improve the quality of club activities. Up to now, clubs have been regularly maintained and operated effectively in cultural and cultural activities at village and commune levels, traditional festivals and participating in some district and provincial programs. Schools in the district, especially junior high schools, high schools have registered to stick, protect and embellish a "red address" - cultural heritage in the area. Education - Training sector with the movement "Building friendly schools, active students" has made great efforts to restore folk games, folk songs, folk songs, organized study tours in the historical analysis to educate the tradition of drinking water to remember the source of the extracurricular activities of the school. In particular, Secondary School & Boarding School Tien Yen High School also established a Folk Art Club with the number of 20-30 members. Tang Thi Linh, 10B class, Tien Yen Secondary & High School boarding boarding school, Tien Yen said: “Participating in club activities, we can learn to play the piano, learn to sing many different rhythms of ethnic groups, such as: Then singing, singing compose the brush ... In order for us to understand correctly and grasp the melody, the school often invites experienced artisans from all over to teach. Including Mr. Luong Thien Phu in Binh Lieu, Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet in Ha Lau Commune ... From not knowing much to folk art, I now know and are very passionate about this art. In the school year 2015-2016, I was also honored to win the second prize in the district single gold medal contest ”. “Participating in club activities, we learn to play the piano, learn to sing many different rhythms of different ethnic groups, such as: Then singing, singing soot palm ... In order for us to understand correctly, grasp the melodies, the house The school often invites experienced artisans from all over to teach. Including Mr. Luong Thien Phu in Binh Lieu, Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet in Ha Lau Commune ... From not knowing much to folk art, I now know and are very passionate about this art. In the school year 2015-2016, I was also honored to win the second prize in the district single gold medal contest ”. “Participating in club activities, we learn to play the piano, learn to sing many different rhythms of different ethnic groups, such as: Then singing, singing soot palm ... In order for us to understand correctly, grasp the melodies, the house The school often invites experienced artisans from all over to teach. Including Mr. Luong Thien Phu in Binh Lieu, Ms. Tran Thi Nguyet in Ha Lau Commune ... From not knowing much to folk art, I now know and are very passionate about this art. In the school year 2015-2016, I was also honored to win the second prize in the district single gold medal contest ”. From not knowing much to folk art, I now know and are very passionate about this art. In the school year 2015-2016, I was also honored to win the second prize in the district single gold medal contest ”. From not knowing much to folk art, I now know and are very passionate about this art. In the school year 2015-2016, I was also honored to win the second prize in the district single gold medal contest ”.

In addition to preserving folk arts, the district is also interested in collecting traditional costumes and costumes used in some rituals of ethnic minorities, such as Dao, Tay, San Chi and San. Diu ... Some schools have also put on national costumes, performing folk songs of the local people in cultural activities, school performances and participating in industry performances; bringing brocade embroidery of Dao Thanh Phan ethnic group into extracurricular activities of students. The wearing of the San Chi national costume of officials and public employees on Monday has been implemented by Dai Thanh Commune People's Committee. The traditional festivals have been researched, collected, and restored to ensure the original element of the festival, which attracts a large number of people to participate such as: the Tay festival of the Tày people, the colorful festival of the people. planing knives ...

As for tangible cultural heritages, the district has 4 historical and cultural relics ranked at provincial level, 17 relics in the list of management of the provincial People's Committee. The investment and embellishment of monuments with the motto "The State and the people work together" has been promoted strongly by the district, which has attracted hundreds of millions of dong and thousands of working days of the people, contributed restoring and preserving spacious and beautiful and beautiful relics such as: Excavating archaeological sites of Hon Ngo in Dong Hai commune; planning land fund for 20 cultural and historical relics in the area ... The district implemented to put up signs for 207 old trees at district centers and communes, towns; conducting descriptive, numbering, photographing, archiving records and maintaining maintenance and hygiene for 30 old trees in the district center. The district also strengthens the inspection and review of relics which are religious and belief facilities in the area; propagating and mobilizing people, incense, people in charge of monuments, and abbots to not place Uncle Ho's images and statues at communal houses, temples and pagodas; guide the relocation of Uncle Ho's statue to place in solemn places such as houses or offices.

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