Selling bamboo to make Tet poles earns tens of millions of dong

Huy Thu• DNUM_BFZABZCACA 10:00

(Baonghean.vn) - In the joyful atmosphere of preparing for the traditional New Year, the movement of joining hands to erect the Tet pole is spreading widely throughout the localities. The hobby of raising the pole has brought along a number of services, creating jobs and income for many people during Tet.

The Tet pole-playing movement has emerged through many services such as bamboo trading, pole-making, pole-building... These days, people in villages in Do Luong, Dien Chau... localities where the Tet pole-playing movement is strongly developing are flocking to trade bamboo. A young man from Dien Dong commune, Dien Chau district, who went to buy bamboo in Thanh Chuong, said: Every Tet, he also earns tens of millions of dong from trading bamboo to make poles.

Bamboo poles are being sold for between 100,000 and 200,000 VND per pole. Bamboo pole sellers always enthusiastically meet customers' needs from cleaning the poles, trimming the eyes, bending them to delivering them to their homes. They have also invented specialized scissors to transport bamboo poles.

On the busy last day of the year, many rural areas have "signed a contract" for some people in the area who know how to make Tet poles to buy bamboo for the whole neighborhood, so there are stories of people using rickshaws to buy a lot of bamboo to make the poles.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Cu in Hamlet 3, Van Son Commune, Do Luong District said that her family plays with the pole every year, "no one knows there are many cakes and meats, but when the pole is erected, Tet is already here". Today, she took the opportunity to go to the market and bought a bamboo stick for 100,000 VND to make the pole. "My son in the South called me and said I have to buy a bamboo stick so that on the 25th he can come back and make the pole to have the Tet atmosphere" - Ms. Cu shared.

In addition to joining hands to form bamboo trading groups and buying bamboo, people in rural areas also join hands to make and erect poles. The service of making poles for Tet is also flourishing everywhere. The price of a ready-made pole depends on the size and decorations on the pole, ranging from 200,000 - 800,000 VND/pole.

The pole is a "signal" object, made from a tree trunk or branch, erected by ancient people in the middle of a field or in a garden to announce something, such as to chase away birds that destroy crops, or to warn people in places that are not allowed to be violated, such as forbidden fields, dangerous deep water... Over time, the pole has entered the Tet holiday and taken on a new color, beautifully decorated to show the unique identity of each house, each countryside...

Setting up a bamboo branch is quite simple, but setting up a large pole with many “accessories” requires the cooperation of many people. Therefore, people in many places join hands to set up the pole quite enthusiastically. After completing the pole making, they will set up the pole for all the families in the area.

The movement of planting bamboo poles to welcome Tet is spreading, not only providing jobs for some people, but also creating a joyful Tet atmosphere and welcoming Spring for the countryside, contributing to preserving a beautiful tradition left by our ancestors.