(Baonghean.vn) - Wine is a product closely associated with the cultural life of the ethnic groups in Western Nghe An. To have a good jar of wine requires many steps, even the process of making the wine is very elaborate.
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| The plant used to make wine drinking straws is called Truc Can, which is in the same family as bamboo, but the size of the tree, branches and leaves are also smaller. The tree has a soft stem, the diameter of the base is from 1.5 - 2.5cm. When young, the tree is the color of banana buds, when old it turns green or bright yellow. The tree branches from 1/2 to 2/3 of the stem is the tip. The stem is also divided into many segments, each segment is about 15 - 20cm apart. The leaves are soft, thin green, rough, lanceolate, the tip of the branch has 4-5 leaves. There are no thorns on the stem. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Follow Mr. La Hong Muon (1958), residing in Mac village, Thach Giam commune (Tuong Duong) into the forest to cut bamboo trees to make bamboo pipes for drinking wine. According to Mr. Muon's experience, you have to choose trees that are not too old or too young, if they are too young or too old, they will break easily. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Tools to make a wine drinking rod. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Mr. La Hong Muon, is one of the few people who still need to drink alcohol. He said, "To do this, you have to go through many stages, and every union requires workers to be very careful and meticulous." Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Of all the stages, drilling the pipe is probably the most difficult. To make it easier, people have created a very unique way of drilling by taking a sharpened steel wire and putting it in a bamboo tube and fixing it. When drilling, just put the bamboo in, put the drill bit in and rub your hands to rotate the rod, so that the bamboo eyes will be drilled through. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Next is the hole dug so that when drinking alcohol, it will enter through these holes. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| There are two ways to prevent the hose from breaking. The first is to draw hot water from the stove and keep the water in the hose for 2-3 minutes. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| The second way is to heat the rod over a fire after drilling the pipe. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Heating over a fire before bending is the most common method used by people. Because the holes have been drilled and bored, when heated over a fire the rod will not explode. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| When the process is complete, the pole will be placed on the kitchen counter to prevent termites. Only when needed will it be taken down. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Bamboo sticks have a very distinctive taste when drunk. Currently, each stick is sold by people for 5,000 - 10,000 VND. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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