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Hoabinh Province
HOABINH PROVINCE >
Hoabinh Culture
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Hoa Binh is a culture of many ethnic groups, with
over 60% Muong people. Muong culture and those of
other ethnic groups have been incorporated and
formed distinctive features of Hoa Binh Culture.
Ethnic colours of Hoa Binh culture include brass
drum, Cong Chieng, Epics, culture of feeding,
housing and dressing and other cultural
diversification.
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There
are 112 brass drums discovered in Hoa Binh at
present. In the old day, brass drum was highly
regarded. It was used as a music instrument and in
great part of important festivals and ceremonies:
sacrificial offering to the God, praying for rain,
gauds and burial rites. Brass drum was a symbol of
power, wealth and influence. The sound of brass drum
was order urging the army onward when the country
was invaded by enemies, burial belonging of the
dead. For this reason, brass drum has social and
religious meaning. |
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Cong Chieng presents in all activities of the
community: “sac bua”, wedding, funeral, hunting,
wood pulling, new house celebration, trance
festival, time of natural calamities and
enemy-inflicted destruction. Especially in Hoa Binh
spring festival, there go Cong guid and Chieng guid
to wish everyone Happy New Year (called “Sac Bua”
Guid). In folk cultural activities, distinguished by
De Dat and De Nuoc epic that describes and explains
the original of universe, human and all beings with
spiritual and legendary conceptions. |
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Muong
people in Hoa Binh live on piled houses that were
legendarily called as Rua houses including 4 roofs 3
stories according to the old conception on 3 layers
and 4 universes of Muong ethnic group. It was in
Muong land that exist a strange calendar called
called as Sao Doi: one day backward and 3 months
forward. In drinking and eating, Can wine and
steamed rice were daily food of the old Muong
people. Muong women are well dressed in fine and
precise embroidered skirts like designs on the
surfaces of Dong Son brass drums. Thai ethnic group
live on piled houses as Muong ethnic group but they
are larger and more methodical. |
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Their costumes
are multiform and extremely original with birds,
beasts, vegetation and sun. Their waist-bands and
Pieu handkerchief are two perfect works of art. Thai
ethnic group has many festivals with distinctive
colors: Firing festival, wedding, new rice festival,
throwing braid ball, and dancing with fans. Thai
stretching dance is of the most attractive. Being
treated with steamed fish and bitter bamboo sprouts
in Thai villages, you are surely their distinguished
guests. Many Thai villages in Mai Chau have
attracted and astonished visitors by its natural
beauty and original life style of Thai people.
Meanwhile, H’Mong ethnic group is residing on
high mountain tops. Their clothes are designed in
unusual patterns. It is practice of H’Mong men to
“catch” wife-a very interesting custom and a consent
to enhance the value of local girls. H’Mong people
are the inventor of Cu Quay-a lively game attracting
many participants. Pan-pipe playing and dancing
convey many emotions and present a unique culture.
Pan-pipe is a confidant of H’Mong people that has
been imprinted in each habit and lifestyle of H’Mong
people.
In giving birth to any baby, Dao people usually
organize for offerings to pray for its growth in
mutual love and compassion. Jump Tet is another
original culture of Dao people, it is held in
several families but regarded as common Tet of local
inhabitants. They all eat, drink and dance
cheerfully in 3 consecutive days.
Coming on this occasion, visitors will find hard to
refuse the enthusiastic invitation of the host, only
when you have fully eaten and drunk do they let you
to leave. |
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