Thai women in Ky Son manage to preserve traditional profession

Ban Buoc is the only Thai ethnic village in Bac Ly commune (Ky Son), nearly 20km from the commune center. Roads are difficult to travel, so people's lives are still very difficult. Photo: Hoai Thu

In addition to rice cultivation and animal husbandry, brocade weaving is a traditional profession that has been maintained for hundreds of years. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Women in Buoc village often take advantage of their free time to raise silkworms, spin silk and weave cloth. Photo: Hoai Thu

Fabric dyes are also made by the locals themselves from plants, tubers, and leaves taken from nature, around the community living area such as: brown tubers, indigo (medicine), phan tree, canh ants, guava leaves, tea, etc. to create many different colors. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Nowadays, under the influence of the market mechanism, and in addition, raw materials from the forest are also difficult to find, the traditional brocade weaving profession of the people of Buoc village has also "changed direction" to suit the actual situation. In addition to traditional homemade silk threads, people also buy ready-made raw materials such as thread and wool of various colors from Thailand to reduce labor and product costs. Photo: Hoai Thu

The main textile products are skirts and dresses. Photo: Thanh Phuc

To meet consumer tastes, recently, women in the village have diversified their products such as: tablecloths, belts, scarves, bags... with patterns ranging from traditional to modern. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Ms. Vi Thi Huong said that it takes about 7-10 days to weave a skirt with traditional patterns of the ethnic people, each person can weave 2-3 skirts per month, the selling price of each product is 300-500,000 VND. The price is cheap, the labor is not worth much, but the women still stick with the job, still keep the job because it is the soul of the village, the unique feature of the ethnic people... Photo: Hoai Thu

The whole village has about 100 female workers who practice traditional weaving with dozens of large and small looms. In addition to weaving in each family, many women also gather in one household and weave brocade together as well as pass on the craft to their children and grandchildren. Ms. Vi Phon - Head of the Women's Association of Buoc village said: "The brocade products of the women mainly serve the needs of themselves and their families and are mostly exported to Laos. From the traditional weaving profession, each month, after deducting expenses, each worker still has an income of 2-3 million VND/month. Photo: Hoai Thu

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