Mong ethnic people’s sacrifice ritual

Mong ethnic people’s sacrifice ritual

(VOVWORLD) - At the beginning of the New Lunar Year, Mong ethnic minority people often organize a sacrifice ceremony to deities. The ritual is particularly held when a family encounters bad...
Life improved in Phieng Cai hamlet, Son La province

Life improved in Phieng Cai hamlet, Son La province

(VOVWORLD) - Border communes in Phieng Cai hamlet, home to Mong ethnic people, in Moc Chau district, Son La province, have greatly changed. These days they have a variety of services, shops, and even high-rise...
Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

Gau Tao Festival of the Mong

(VOVWORLD) - The Mong in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang celebrate many festivals and rituals each year. The Gau Tao, which means “mountain sight-seeing in the spring” is...
Mong ethnic people welcome Lunar New Year

Mong ethnic people welcome Lunar New Year

(VOVWORLD) - The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Mong in Moc Chau District, Son La province, 320 km west of Hanoi, comes a month before that of the majority Kinh people...
Lai Chau promotes model rural hamlets

Lai Chau promotes model rural hamlets

(VOVWORLD) - Traditional houses, tortuous rock pathways, and cultural traits of ethnic minority groups typify mountain hamlets in Lai Chau province. The locals are joining efforts to upgrade these hamlets...
Can Ty brocade weaving village

Can Ty brocade weaving village

(VOVWORLD) - Can Ty village in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province, is famous for flax growing and weaving. Villagers don’t know exactly when the craft emerged but at present...
Hard times in a school without female teachers

Hard times in a school without female teachers

(VOVworld) – Every day the 41 male teachers at Tri Le 4 primary school in Tri Le commune Nghe An province take turns teaching at six hamlet schools. From the commune’s center to the hamlet...
Raising cows in Ha Giang Karst Plateau

Raising cows in Ha Giang Karst Plateau

(VOVworld) - For generations cows and the Mong ethnic people of the Ha Giang Karst Plateau have relied on each other to survive in this harsh land. Cows pull ploughs but...
The custom of "buttock flapping" of Mong ethnic people

The custom of "buttock flapping" of Mong ethnic people

(VOVworld) – H’ Mong ethnic people of the northern mountainous provinces welcomed the New Year 2014 with colorful activities. On the 1st of January, after rituals to commemorate their ancestors at home, H’ Mong...