(NLDO)-After days of celebrating Tet in the bustling city, we invited each other to take a "healing" spring trip to the poetic Ta Lai ethnic village.
We departed from Bien Hoa City along Highway 20 to Tan Phu District (Dong Nai). We crossed the Ta Lai Bridge over the poetic Dong Nai River. The air here began to cool down, no longer the harsh sun, I felt the chill similar to the air in Da Lat.
Welcoming the rice god (Photo: Pham Quoc Hung)
Children in Ta Lai smile happily receiving New Year's lucky money
Families and students in Tai Lai receive Tet gifts
My friend Hung, who works in Tan Phu district, said that Ta Lai commune was separated from Phu Lap commune of Tan Phu district, a remote and difficult area. There are many ethnic minorities living here, mainly the Ma and Stieng, Tay Nung and Thai people.
Therefore, the spiritual life of the people here is very unique and diverse. Here, the community tourism model is implemented by the indigenous people themselves to preserve their own ethnic culture. They are the ones who are always concerned about how to integrate their ethnic culture without being dissolved or lost over time.
When I asked about the rice field nicknamed "European Field", Mr. Hung laughed and said: That is the C8 field of the people in Hamlet 4. In the past, people only grew one rice crop, but since the construction of the new rural area, the irrigation system was invested and built, people have proactively intensively cultivated and increased the number of crops to improve their lives. In the past, when Tet came, spring came, this place was just a cracked land. But now the appearance is different, the fields are green like a young girl.
The rice fields are known as "European fields" full of poetry and peace.
Van Ho Dam is as beautiful as a picture, a painting.
Standing in front of the rice fields, I felt the beauty in the bright morning sun. The spring fields were filled with sunshine and wind, the roads leading to the fields were concreted. The green rice fields were next to the straight rows of oil trees. The buffaloes slowly grazed the grass, making the countryside space so peaceful. The oil trees stood quietly in the middle of the fields. Suddenly I felt so peaceful.
Many tourists enjoy watching flowers, fields and taking the opportunity to "check in". We followed Mr. Hung to "Van Ho Dam". It is difficult to describe the beautiful and poetic dam like a picture, a painting. The white water flows across like a soft silk strip between the mountains and hills. The interesting thing is that visitors can walk on the dam without fear of falling.
We continued to move into the village. Unlike where I was, the Tet decorations here were quite simple and plain. But we were amazed by the scene of the Ma people drying colorful scarves in their gardens. It is known that the women of the Chau Ma and Stieng ethnic groups are very skillful in weaving brocade.
When he saw my curiosity about brocade weaving, Mr. Hung took me to visit the house of a woman in the brocade weaving village. After talking, I learned that most Ma ethnic women are taught how to weave brocade by their mothers before getting married.
Women of the Chau Ma and Stieng ethnic groups are very skillful in weaving brocade.
But today, in the village, there are very few people who know how to weave. Brocade is no longer just about weaving clothes, but has become much more diverse, from bags, backpacks, wallets, scarves, blankets, pillows, bracelets, etc. To weave a brocade, one must go through many stages such as arranging the warp threads, creating patterns, sitting and weaving, and all must be done by hand. The finished brocade has diverse motifs stylized from the shapes of birds, animals, flowers, leaves, lamps, etc.
I sat engrossed watching the woman weaving diligently, and I could feel the ingenuity, meticulousness, aesthetic sense and creativity of the local women. Taking advantage of the Tet holidays, the women here are still diligently weaving extremely unique products to earn more income and improve their lives.
In recent years, the Party Committee and the communal government have paid great attention to the material and spiritual life of the people here, so in addition to investing in infrastructure, the government has paid attention to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural values of ethnic groups and promoting tourism. Therefore, every spring, Ta Lai sees a new vitality emerging and changing strongly.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/ru-nhau-ve-ta-lai-chua-lanh-196250201080544155.htm
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