Tay people preserve traditional craft profession
Promoting the cultural values imbued with their national identity, in recent years, the Tay people in the highlands of Lao Cai have recovered and preserved traditional craft profession, not only increasing their income but also contributing to promote the development of local community tourism.Traditional handicraft products were previously just daily items in the life of the Tay ethnic community, but now, they have been preserved and improved, with a harmonious combination of indigenous knowledge and fine art design application, to create unique products...
The Tay people in Nghia Do (Bao Yen) have still preserved and kept the traditional craft profession of weaving brocade blankets.
In the villages of the Tay people in Ban Lien (Bac Ha), many families still preserve the craft of knitting straw cushions and straw chairs, both for use and for sale to tourists.
The profession of growing cotton, weaving to sew traditional costumes and making cotton blankets are still preserved by the Tay people in Van Ban.
Preserving techniques of bamboo weaving, dyeing with brown roots and unique patterns of the Tay people in Nghia Do (Bao Yen) are being preserved to develop community tourism
The Tay people in Ban Ho (Sa Pa town) develop the village of indigo dyeing to create patterns on linen to be the place for tourists to experience when visiting here.