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

Huy Thu• January 15, 2020 10:00

(Baonghean.vn) - In the joyful atmosphere of preparing for the traditional New Year, the movement of joining hands to raise 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 movement of playing with the Tet pole has arisen through many services such as trading bamboo, making the pole, erecting the pole... These days, people in the villages of Do Luong, Dien Chau... the localities where the movement of playing with the Tet pole 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 the pole.

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 are knowledgeable about making Tet poles to buy bamboo for the whole neighborhood, so there are stories of people using carts to buy a lot of bamboo to make the poles.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Cu in Hamlet 3, Van Son Commune, Do Luong District said that every year her family plays with the pole, "there are so many meat cakes that no one knows, putting up the pole already feels like Tet is coming". Today, taking advantage of going to the market, she bought a bamboo stick for 100,000 VND to make the pole. "My son in the South called me and told me to buy a bamboo stick so that on the 25th he can come back and make the pole to have the Tet atmosphere" - Mrs. Cu shared.

In addition to joining hands to form bamboo trading groups and buying bamboo, people in the countryside 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 drive 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 new colors, 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 go to set up the pole for all the families in the area.

The movement of planting flagpoles to celebrate Tet is spreading widely, 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.