(Baonghean.vn) - Embroidering skirts, shirts, and belts seems to be a familiar task not only for grandmothers, mothers, and older women, but also for female Mong students when Tet is approaching. Because of the complexity of traditional skirts and shirts, many students have to embroider for months.
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| On this occasion, when visiting the boarding houses where Mong students live in mountainous districts, it is easy to see the image of them absorbed in each needle and thread, creating their ethnic costumes with their skillful hands. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Lau Y Giai, from Tong Khu village, Na Ngoi commune (Ky Son), studies at Tuong Duong 1 Ethnic Minority High School. Lau Y Giai said, “I knew how to embroider when I was 12 years old. Not only me, but almost all of my friends know how to embroider and embroider their own clothes. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Currently, on the market, there are dresses for Mong women priced from 3 to 4 million VND/set. Therefore, female students embroider their own dresses when they have free time so that they have new clothes to wear during Tet. Lau Y Du, a 10K student at Tuong Duong 1 Ethnic Minority High School, said. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Every detail, from the smallest patterns, is completely hand-embroidered. The patterns can be geometric patterns, peach blossoms, plum blossoms, familiar plants, animals and agricultural products... Depending on the imagination and skill of the embroiderer. The main colors are pink, blue, black, yellow, purple and red. Each stitch, the size of the entire pattern on the fabric is carefully calculated, because if just one stitch is wrong, it will have to be removed and redone. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Because of the meticulousness in each stage, it takes a lot of time to make a Mong women's costume. After the rough part, the embroidery part also takes weeks, months. In the photo is the shirt that Lau Y Giai just finished embroidering. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Since ancient times, this traditional costume has always been preserved in the community and used by the Mong people during ceremonies. Along with language and writing, costumes are one of the first important things to recognize and distinguish between one ethnic group and another. A unique feature in the customs of the Mong people is that women must knit scarves and embroider their own clothes during Tet holidays or before getting married. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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