The simple beauty of women in Nghe An's craft villages
(Baonghean.vn) - The images of mothers and sisters working hard day and night to light the stove, mold clay, or skillfully knit and weave... contributing to preserving traditional crafts in many rural areas of Nghe An are both simple and beautiful.
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The pottery profession in Tru Son has existed for a long time, and the main products are clay pots. While in the past everyone in this craft village followed the profession and knew how to make pottery, nowadays most of the people who follow the profession are the elderly and women. In the photo: Handcrafted kilns are built in the yard and garden with laterite in the pot village. Photo: Le Thang |
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The process of making a ceramic pot goes through many meticulous steps. And the most important step is the firing stage. And the women of the craft village are always the ones with the most patience and experience to make the unique clay pot products under the Tru Son brand. Photo: Thanh Vinh |
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Women in the pot village are used to the heat and smoke of the kilns all year round. Photo: Le Quang Dung |
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A pot is gradually taking shape under the hands of a woman in the craft village. Photo: Le Quang Dung |
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Squeezing clay and making pots. Photo: Thanh Vinh |
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These are pictures of the sedge field in Hung Hoa, Vinh City. Photo: Kien Rose |
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Hung Hoa is famous for its sedge mat craft and to make the famous sedge mat products, the people here have hundreds of hectares of fields to grow raw materials. Photo: Kien Rose |
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Sedge leaves. Photo: Kien Rose |
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An old woman collects sedge after drying. Photo: Sac Viet |
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And here is a picture of women weaving paintings in Nam Anh, Nam Dan. Photo: Van Le |
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Along the alleys or in the yards, women take the time to sit and weave to make roofs for their houses, kitchens, or buffalo and cow pens... Photo: Van Le |
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Bamboo and rattan weaving is a famous traditional craft in Nghi Phong, Nghi Loc. Products made by this craft village are available in many markets and exported abroad. Photo: Tuan Anh |
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Each woman in the bamboo and rattan weaving village is truly an artisan with all her diligence, delicacy and creativity. Photo: Tuan Anh |