(Baonghean.vn) - Unlike the elaborate costumes of the Mong and Thai ethnic groups, the costumes of the Tho ethnic group are relatively simple, with many borrowed features.However, it's not difficult to notice a few differences...
The Tho people in Nghe An province are concentrated in the western districts such as Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, and Tan Ky. Because they live close to the Thai people, their lifestyles and culture have been "Thaiized".
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| Since ancient times, the Tho people have traditionally cultivated cotton but lacked the techniques of weaving, dyeing, and embroidery. Most Tho women wear skirts of the Thai people (the Thai Man Thanh group, also known as Thai-Thanh). Made of cotton yarn, dyed with indigo, and featuring horizontal stripes along the hem, these stripes create parallel circles around the body when worn. |
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Accompanying the dress is a belt, a piece of fabric about 30 cm wide folded in half, usually dyed mainly blue. When fastened, it is usually tied in a knot on one side of the hip and the two ends are pulled up neatly, not left hanging down like in Thailand.
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| Turkish women typically use a large, square scarf, about 80 cm in size, folded and worn on their heads. This type...Especially ordinary cloth scarves, in various colors, often used at work to wipe away sweat and to cover the head for sun protection. |
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| The second type is the headscarf used during holidays and festivals... This type of headscarf is white. Nowadays, the headscarf worn by the Turks is quite simple, but in the past, the way of wrapping the scarf was quite complicated: First, the Turkic woman folded the scarf into a triangle, then placed the triangular strip in front of her forehead, pulled the two ends of the scarf around her head to the back and tied a knot tightly at the nape of her neck, then flipped the triangular part in front of her face up over her head, pulled it to the back, covering all her hair, so that the scarf looked like a white hat worn on her head. |
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Along with women's clothing, Turkish men also wear...In the past, people often wore clothes similar to today's "ba ba" outfit, with wide-legged trousers, usually brown in color. |
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| Nowadays, people only dress like the Kinh people on occasions of joy or sorrow in the family or village, or during festivals and holidays; otherwise, they dress the same way. |
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| As can be seen, the simplicity of the Tho people's clothing, compared to that of other ethnic groups, creates a unique and distinctive difference. This very simplicity contributes to the diverse tapestry of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. (Photo: Nguyen Sach) |
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