(Baonghean.vn) - In Thanh Linh commune, Thanh Chuong district, people maintain the profession of making brooms from reed, bamboo, and giang materials, contributing to increasing income and improving family life.
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| Broom making is most concentrated in Truong and Son villages. During the off-season, women make brooms together. Thanks to this side job, Thanh Linh women have extra income, contributing to improving their family life. |
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| In recent years, due to the decrease in demand for these items in society and the scarcity of the main raw material, bamboo, the weaving profession has gradually disappeared. Being dynamic people who understand the value of a secondary profession, the people of Truong village have switched to making brooms. |
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| To make a beautiful and durable broom, the technical step is extremely important. The most difficult step is splitting the bamboo, requiring the splitter to be extremely careful and skillful to make the broom beautiful and sturdy. |
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| Besides, the drying process also requires proper technique, avoid strong sunlight, the bamboo is too dry, difficult to weave brooms, thereby reducing the quality of the product. |
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| Women in Thanh Linh commune - Thanh Chuong also make brooms to increase their income.Broom weaving helps women in Thanh Linh commune earn an average income of 2 - 2.5 million VND/month/person. |
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| Bamboo brooms and thatch brooms made in Thanh Linh are sold in many localities in the province. The price of each bamboo broom is about 15,000 VND/broom, and thatch brooms are 30,000 VND/broom. Broom making creates jobs, increases income, and gradually improves the lives of rural women. |
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From the development of the broom craft, responsible people have promoted the establishment of a cooperative with 103 member families, accounting for 70% of the village population. According to Mr. Dau Manh Hung, the cooperative is currently promoting the leasing of land for a factory to facilitate production and will buy more machinery and equipment, change designs to increase product value. |
Thu Huong - Dinh Ha
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