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History: The Tay are the earliest known minority in Vietnam, who are thought to have arrived from inland South East Asia about 500 BC. They settled in valleys in the north west part of Sapa. Language: Tay language belongs to the Tay - Thai language group. Their alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet devised in 1960, similar to the Viet alphabet. Costume: The traditional dress is made from indigo dyed cotton. It is usually plain, with little embroidery or other decoration. The women wear a simple shirt with silver buttons down the front teamed with black trousers. Both sexes wear colorful head scarves. Nowadays the Tay are often seen wearing Viet and western clothes. Social organisation: The Tay social system used to resemble a feudal society. One man in each village owned the land, forest and rivers. He ruled over the people living on that land. This regime appeared very early and ended in 19th century. Tay now live in villages of mixed ethnic groups, enter into mixed marriages and leave their traditional settlements to work in other areas. They have adopted other elements of Kinh culture and of the Tai speaking people, are considered the most integrated into main stream Vietnamese culture. Birth: While pregnant and even after giving birth, the mother and father have to avoid many different things in order for both mother and child to be healthy, for the child to grow up quickly and strongly and to avoid evil spirits. When the new born is three days old, there is a ritual in honor of the midwife. One month after the birth, there is a celebration and party to name the baby. Marriage: Young Tay men and women are free to love, but the decision to become husband and wife rests with their parents. The boy s parents need to know the potential bride s fortune so they can compare it to their son s. To do this, they consult an astrologer who judges how well matched they are. If the signs look favorable, the marriage can take place. After the wedding, the wife stays with her parents until she is pregnant. She will only go to live at her husband’s house in the late stages of pregnancy. Funeral: The funeral rituals are quite similar to Vietnamese. The funeral brings deceased s spirit to the world of the after life. Three years later, there is a ritual to bring the spirit to the ancestors and to end the mourning period. There is an annual day in honor of the deceased. Beliefs: The Tay worship ancestors, the house spirit, kitchen spirit and the midwife. Housing: The Tay live in houses built on stilts originally designed to protect them from wild animals. Nowadays, they use the first floor for storage and cooking. When building a new house, the owner has to choose the right place very carefully. Many factors are considered, including his age and horoscope. On the day that he and his family move to the new house, the head of the family must start a fire and keep it burning all night. Food: The Tay used to eat sticky rice most of the time, but now eat regular rice. For festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes such as square rice cake (banh chung - symbol of the earth), round rice cake (banh day - symbol of the sky) for the New Year Festival and pounded young sticky rice that is roasted (com) for the Mid Autumn Festival. Production activities: The Tay use traditional wet rice cultivation. The rice is grown on the hills with very little water, which is well utilised using irrigation methods like digging canals and laying water pipes. They produce high quantities of food by practicing such intensive cultivation methods. |
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tay Ethnic Minority
Xa pho Ethnic Minority
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History: The Giay immigrated from China 200 years ago. They are strongly influenced by Chinese culture. Language: The Giay people speak a language of Tay - Thai group. They do not have their own writing. Costume: Like the Tay minority, the Giay women dress in simple clothes. They wear a five panel blouse split at the sides and buttoned on the right with dark indigo trousers. The blouses are different colors depending on the age - old women usually wear the darker shades. Women wrap their hair around their head and fix it in place with red threads. Giay, like other minorities, have adopted elements of Viet and Western clothing. Social organisation: Before the Revolution of August, 1945, the Giay society was divided into different classes. The upper class was composed of administration officials who owned the land. They paid soldiers and housekeepers to take care of weddings and funerals. Farmers working on their land had to pay taxes as well as doing the hard labour. Birth: Pregnant women have to avoid many things - wood is not burned from the top to the bottom to avoid difficulties when giving birth, and they are not allowed to attend funerals or visit a place for worshiping for fear of losing their spirit. When it is time to give birth the pregnant woman makes offerings to the Mother spirit. When the baby is one month old, they make offerings to the ancestors. At the same time they give the child a name and establish his or her horoscope, which will be used later when it is time to choose a partner for the marriage, and the right time to be put in a coffin when he or she dies. Marriage: The procedure for marriage is based strongly on Chinese traditions. A go-between is very important as they help propose the marriage to a potential bride. Once this has happened, the groom s family gives the bride a necklace and a bracelet to show their intentions - a kind of engagement. For the wedding, the groom s family must offer the bride s family food and money, and give close relatives a chicken, a duck and a silver coin. Once married, the bride is carried to her new house on the groom s back, as if she walks her spirit will find its way back to her parents. Funeral: Giay people believe that if a funeral is well organized, the dead will go happily to heaven with their ancestors. If not, the dead will be forced to live in hell or become animals. In a rich family, the funeral can last from five to seven days with extra rituals such as running along the river to lead the spirit on a procession. The children must mourn their parent s death for one year. Beliefs: The Giay altar is located in the middle of the house. There are three incense bowls set from the left to the right to worship the Kitchen God, Heaven and Earth, and the family ancestor. If the master of the house is a son-in-law who wants to worship his real parents, he must set up a fourth incense bowl to the far left. If a family has no altar for the Mother spirit, they set a fifth incense bowl to the right. Some families set up a small alter beside the big one to worship their parents-in-law. | |
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Sa Pa
Administrative divisions: Sa Pa Town, Hau Thao Commune, Phung commune, Ta phin Village, Sai Nam Commune, Thanh Phu Commune Sa Pa, Lao Chai Village, Middle Village, Brush, San Kingfisher Lake Village, Thanh Kim, Ho The Village, Social History Pan, Suoi Contractors, Ta Van Commune, Commune The Minerals, Tambon Ta, bulge Giang, Nam Cang Commune
Natural conditions and climate
In the West - North of our country, Sa Pa is a highland district of Lao Cai province, a land of modest, quietly but contains many things hidden wonders of the natural scene. Natural beauty of Sapa is associated with human creativity with the topography of the mountains, green forests, the paintings are arranged in the layout of a harmonious region have created a landscape excellent romantic appeal. Sank in heavy clouds made bồng disease Sapa as a city in mist fanciful, draw up a picture of Son Thuy own situation. Here, things are invaluable resources that cool fresh air, bringing many diverse nuances. Located at an average elevation of 1500m - 1800m, Sapa climate should take at least several shades of Origin Left temperate, with average temperatures 15-18 ° C.
Located 38 km from the town of Lao Cai to Hanoi and 376 km. For here are two roads: one from the town of Lao Cai, one from Binh Lu (Lai Chau) to, with enough means such as trains, cars, motorcycles, cars horse ...
Sa Pa language name from the phone. Mandarin called Sa - Pa, "Sa" is the sand, "Pa" is the beach. Places of "sand" is the right for 32 km from Lao Cai to Sapa. Old days no Sapa, inhabitants of this land is for the "sand" which, therefore, local people who also say "to Sa Pa market.
Two words "Sa Pa, the Western pronunciation without, so to Sa Pa and they have two letters written in French the word is" Cha Pa "and a very long time people were called" Cha Pa " the sense of the word Vietnamese.
It Sapa today, before a circuit module to the muddy red water, so the locals called "Hung Ho," "Hung" is red, "Ho" is the age, the springs, streams red.
Sa Pa is the top Phan-Xi-Pang 3143 m high on the Hoang Lien Son range. Call Hoang Lien Son, because only on this mountain celandine, a precious medicinal herbs, rare, apart from the Hoang Lien range is "mine" of information, such as oil and precious wood species, including the birds, like chickens Congo, bears, monkeys, painting of ocean and thousands of drugs. National forests Hoang Lien Son has 136 species of birds, 56 mammals, 553 species of insects. There are 37 mammal species recorded in the "red book of Vietnam". Hoang Lien Son has 864 forest plant species, including 173 species of medicinal plants.
Ham Rong Mountain Sapa is right near town, any visitor can be up to the panoramic view of the town, Muong Hoa valley, Sa Pa, Ta phin hidden in fog smoke. Currently, embellished with hand of man, is a real Ham Rong landscapes full of flowers left of Sa Pa. And, if someone has to Shilin (Yunnan, China), the Ham Rong can also help you imagine the Shilin is. To Ham Rong, tourists like to touch the garden, clouds preferred closed body, flowers bright ground.
Sa Pa have old church just from town to town and go back toward the northeast, on the way to the Ta phin is there a monastery was built near the stone in a whole hillside clear, cool . Through the monastery by walking three kilometers to the north is a cave with enough width may contain a number of medium-sized groups of troops. In many stalactites hang create interesting shapes period as the first dance, the delegation seated, far fields, woods sparkling. Ta in this filter is two ethnic Mongolian and Dao has created production facilities in brocade export sales for both home and abroad is quite famous.
Hoa Muong people go right away to long and just look forward to eating meals of fish home. Special Muong Hoa valley is 196 Hon carved many of the exotic ancient people thousands of ten thousand years ago that many archaeologists are still not decode the information. Area was carved ancient relics ranked national and state is being proposed world heritage ranking. We looked up ngước Silver Falls from a height of 200 m above the water line down Austria forming sound forest and mountain spring.
Sa Pa is the "kingdom" of flowering fruit, as training flowers, peach to yellow, small yellow train, Miss Plum, plum purple, plum three flowers, lay single, flowering plum, flowering pear, flowering peach, daisy, flowers pink flowers ... especially immortal live forever with time ...
Sa Pa with 6 people and residents groups, each ethnic culture has a separate fund. Striking features of Sa Pa is a festival "POC forests" of people on Thin Ta Van Giay lunar month, along with festival forests POC Assembly also "span San (mountain bike) of Mongolia, Holidays" New Year dance "of the Red Dao, all took place in May every year Tet.
However, what the country is known version of the Sa Pa market, one of the 18 administrative divisions of Sa Pa is only one market meeting on Sunday in the district capital (Sapa). People have to go far away from the 7th day and night Saturday is all the way happy together by the folk songs of the son of Mongolian girls, the Dao, by the sound of each Forum, the flute, Mongolia's praise, by the bowl full of wine people with age ... and people have given it the "market situation".
Sa Pa wake potential, increase infrastructure investment for tourism development. With over 57 motels and hotels (including Hotel 3-4 stars) found in Sa Pa welcomes thousands of passengers in domestic and international vacation day and night, welcoming hundreds of visitors a day visit . Tourism is really leverage the economic - social Sa Pa, contributing to reduce household poverty rate from 70% in 1992 to 22% in 2000. Sa Pa is determined to build a sustainable tourist center famous nationwide.
Natural conditions and climate
In the West - North of our country, Sa Pa is a highland district of Lao Cai province, a land of modest, quietly but contains many things hidden wonders of the natural scene. Natural beauty of Sapa is associated with human creativity with the topography of the mountains, green forests, the paintings are arranged in the layout of a harmonious region have created a landscape excellent romantic appeal. Sank in heavy clouds made bồng disease Sapa as a city in mist fanciful, draw up a picture of Son Thuy own situation. Here, things are invaluable resources that cool fresh air, bringing many diverse nuances. Located at an average elevation of 1500m - 1800m, Sapa climate should take at least several shades of Origin Left temperate, with average temperatures 15-18 ° C.
Located 38 km from the town of Lao Cai to Hanoi and 376 km. For here are two roads: one from the town of Lao Cai, one from Binh Lu (Lai Chau) to, with enough means such as trains, cars, motorcycles, cars horse ...
Sa Pa language name from the phone. Mandarin called Sa - Pa, "Sa" is the sand, "Pa" is the beach. Places of "sand" is the right for 32 km from Lao Cai to Sapa. Old days no Sapa, inhabitants of this land is for the "sand" which, therefore, local people who also say "to Sa Pa market.
Two words "Sa Pa, the Western pronunciation without, so to Sa Pa and they have two letters written in French the word is" Cha Pa "and a very long time people were called" Cha Pa " the sense of the word Vietnamese.
It Sapa today, before a circuit module to the muddy red water, so the locals called "Hung Ho," "Hung" is red, "Ho" is the age, the springs, streams red.
Sa Pa is the top Phan-Xi-Pang 3143 m high on the Hoang Lien Son range. Call Hoang Lien Son, because only on this mountain celandine, a precious medicinal herbs, rare, apart from the Hoang Lien range is "mine" of information, such as oil and precious wood species, including the birds, like chickens Congo, bears, monkeys, painting of ocean and thousands of drugs. National forests Hoang Lien Son has 136 species of birds, 56 mammals, 553 species of insects. There are 37 mammal species recorded in the "red book of Vietnam". Hoang Lien Son has 864 forest plant species, including 173 species of medicinal plants.
Ham Rong Mountain Sapa is right near town, any visitor can be up to the panoramic view of the town, Muong Hoa valley, Sa Pa, Ta phin hidden in fog smoke. Currently, embellished with hand of man, is a real Ham Rong landscapes full of flowers left of Sa Pa. And, if someone has to Shilin (Yunnan, China), the Ham Rong can also help you imagine the Shilin is. To Ham Rong, tourists like to touch the garden, clouds preferred closed body, flowers bright ground.
Sa Pa have old church just from town to town and go back toward the northeast, on the way to the Ta phin is there a monastery was built near the stone in a whole hillside clear, cool . Through the monastery by walking three kilometers to the north is a cave with enough width may contain a number of medium-sized groups of troops. In many stalactites hang create interesting shapes period as the first dance, the delegation seated, far fields, woods sparkling. Ta in this filter is two ethnic Mongolian and Dao has created production facilities in brocade export sales for both home and abroad is quite famous.
Hoa Muong people go right away to long and just look forward to eating meals of fish home. Special Muong Hoa valley is 196 Hon carved many of the exotic ancient people thousands of ten thousand years ago that many archaeologists are still not decode the information. Area was carved ancient relics ranked national and state is being proposed world heritage ranking. We looked up ngước Silver Falls from a height of 200 m above the water line down Austria forming sound forest and mountain spring.
Sa Pa is the "kingdom" of flowering fruit, as training flowers, peach to yellow, small yellow train, Miss Plum, plum purple, plum three flowers, lay single, flowering plum, flowering pear, flowering peach, daisy, flowers pink flowers ... especially immortal live forever with time ...
Sa Pa with 6 people and residents groups, each ethnic culture has a separate fund. Striking features of Sa Pa is a festival "POC forests" of people on Thin Ta Van Giay lunar month, along with festival forests POC Assembly also "span San (mountain bike) of Mongolia, Holidays" New Year dance "of the Red Dao, all took place in May every year Tet.
However, what the country is known version of the Sa Pa market, one of the 18 administrative divisions of Sa Pa is only one market meeting on Sunday in the district capital (Sapa). People have to go far away from the 7th day and night Saturday is all the way happy together by the folk songs of the son of Mongolian girls, the Dao, by the sound of each Forum, the flute, Mongolia's praise, by the bowl full of wine people with age ... and people have given it the "market situation".
Sa Pa wake potential, increase infrastructure investment for tourism development. With over 57 motels and hotels (including Hotel 3-4 stars) found in Sa Pa welcomes thousands of passengers in domestic and international vacation day and night, welcoming hundreds of visitors a day visit . Tourism is really leverage the economic - social Sa Pa, contributing to reduce household poverty rate from 70% in 1992 to 22% in 2000. Sa Pa is determined to build a sustainable tourist center famous nationwide.
Source: www.vietnamtourism.com
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