The 'fire keepers' of traditional craft villages
(Baonghean.vn) - In the process of building the homeland, local women in the province are an important force, playing a special role in preserving and promoting traditional craft villages.
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From 3-4am, women who work as fish grillers in the fishing village wake up and get on the bus to the ports to buy fish to grill. Everyone hopes to buy baskets of fresh fish, just brought back from the sea. In the photo: Lach Van fishing port in Dien Ngoc commune (Dien Chau) is crowded with women buying fish early in the morning. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The fish grilling profession has always been associated with charcoal stoves, dust, and hardship, but the women of the fishing villages in Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Cua Lo... are still diligent, working hard day and night, optimistic and always full of hope for a brighter life. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Batches of delicious grilled fish leaving the oven early in the morning are a source of food for many families. Grilled fish has the salty taste of the sea, of the hard work and skill of women. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| For the people of the conical hat-making villages in Thanh Chuong, women are the ones who preserve, maintain and pass on this traditional craft. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The simple Dong Van conical hats not only protect from the rain and sun, but also contribute to the graceful beauty of Vietnamese women. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Although the work is not too hard, many traditional occupations always require the skillful and persistent hands of women, including making vermicelli and cakes. In the rice paper villages in Luu Son commune (Do Luong), Dai Dong (Thanh Chuong), Dien Ngoc (Dien Chau)... women are the main laborers, directly doing these jobs. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The noodle making profession has to go through many stages. Even though they have to stay up late and wake up early, "working in the sun and rain" while also running errands at the market, the women are still diligent in promoting and preserving the traditional profession. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| For the clay pot craft village in Tru Son commune (Do Luong), women are the artisans who "mold clay into flowers", working hard day and night to make products that suit consumers' tastes. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| From clay, a turntable and bamboo sticks, women in the "pot village" have preserved, passed on and promoted a unique and rare craft in Nghe An. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| For the people in the mountainous areas, especially the brocade weaving villages, the women and mothers are the ones who directly weave the brocade with natural materials and unique patterns, bearing the unique identity of the ethnic groups in the Western Nghe An region. In the photo: Women in Tien Ky commune (Tan Ky) are passionate about brocade weaving. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Along with fulfilling their roles as wives, mothers, grandmothers, taking care of housework and social activities, women are also the main labor force that creates material wealth, builds the family economy, and contributes to preserving and developing traditional craft villages. Photo: Huy Thu |
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