Heartwarming beauty of ancient Thai village Muong Dan

(Baonghean.vn) - Muong Dan is the common name for two villages Na Sai and Hua Muong (Hanh Dich Commune, Que Phong). The ancient Muong Dan village of the Thai people in this 'Nine villages and ten muongs' region still preserves many unique cultural features. Muong Dan is also one of the few villages in the Western region of Nghe An that has stilt houses roofed with sa mu thatch.

When talking about houses with sa mu roofs, people often think of the Mong ethnic group living precariously on the mountain tops. Not many people know that the Thai community also has sa mu roofs.

Due to favorable resources, the Thai people in Muong Dan region have known how to use sa mu wood to roof their stilt houses for hundreds of years.

Up to now, Muong Dan area has about 195 households, of which Na Sai village has 125 households and Hua Muong village has nearly 75 households. This is considered the oldest village of one of the ancient Muongs in Que Phong.

The villagers, especially the old women, still understand and preserve many of their own customs. In the photo, the old woman is teaching a young girl how to tie a Piêu scarf.

Weaving is considered a traditional profession of Thai women here, the patterns in women's costumes here are extremely sophisticated.

The basket is a working tool closely associated with the women of the Thai ethnic group here. No matter what they do or where they go, the women of Muong Dan almost never forget to carry the basket on their backs.

Nowadays, slash-and-burn cultivation has been replaced by wet rice cultivation, with two crops per year. Thanks to this, the lives of the people here have changed rapidly. The models of growing melons, squash, and pumpkins... are being piloted by Hanh Dich commune and the model is beginning to be replicated. To have rice to make wine, the people in the village still have to use mortars to pound the rice. Only by using manual methods will the wine jars be fragrant.

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