Colors of Pa Co market

The colors of Pa Co market, Pa Co commune are combined by the brilliant beauty of brocade, the radiant smiles of the Mong ethnic people and the bustling atmosphere of a traditional market carrying the breath of the true highland mountains and forests.

Mong women at brocade stalls still diligently spinning flax thread is a common sight at every Pa Co market session.

Pa Co market still takes place regularly every Sunday. The weather has just turned to winter, but the cold air has been here for many days. As usual, people from the villages come to the market early in the morning when the fog is still thick. Everyone is excited to go to the market to bring the freshest products to exchange and introduce to everyone.

Many stalls selling fabrics, brocade costumes...

According to our observations, the goods brought for exchange and introduction at the fair this season are extremely rich, with typical highland characteristics. It is easy to see that most of the stalls display fabrics, dresses, scarves, and brocade hats of all kinds. Many popular products, suitable for people's needs, are also sold such as: flashlights, do paper, lighters... Points selling agricultural products, such as: vegetables, tubers, fruits, Mong chicken, local pigs... are arranged outside the market, convenient for tourists to stop by.

...creates a colorful brocade space, making visitors extremely excited.

On his journey to explore Pa Co tourism , Mr. Tom Hiddleston, a tourist from England, was extremely excited to experience the market. Mr. Tom Hiddleston shared: Coming to the market was a coincidence, I think this is the best destination for a trip where I found what belongs to the cultural identity of ethnic minorities. The market atmosphere is bustling, crowded, and colorful brocade on the costumes of the Mong people going to the market and all over the stalls.

Many foreign tourists come to Pa Co market on Sundays to explore and experience local culture.

Because there is only one session per week, every day Pa Co market is bustling and bustling like a festival, a lowland New Year market. The market sells everything from agricultural products, livestock, fabrics, brocade, farming tools to household appliances, electronics, and cosmetics. According to Mr. Phang A Pao, a tourism business owner in Cha Day village, Pa Co commune, Pa Co market meets in sessions and is one of the busiest markets of the Mong people in the Northwest region. The market is not only a place to exchange goods but also the embodiment of a shared life between ethnic communities in the mountains, a destination for cultural exchange and the exchange of artifacts - a concept that seems to not exist in urban life.

Goods are displayed on the concrete floor, providing an interesting experience of traditional market culture.

One of the things that gives visitors a very close and authentic feeling when coming to the market is the simplicity of the stalls, just tables or stalls made of wooden bars, even the goods are displayed on plastic sheets spread on the concrete floor. The sound of people bargaining mixed with the crisp laughter makes the market space seem to be full of life.

Every corner of Pa Co market carries the breath of life of the highland people.

Before the merger, Pa Co was a concentrated living place of the Mong ethnic community with about 8,000 people. Along with customs, habits, language, costumes, the market is a typical culture of the land. Elders and prestigious people in this highland commune said: Pa Co market has been formed and maintained for a long time. The market is in the heart of the Mong ethnic group, a miniature image of the life of the mountainous people, although simple and rustic, but is the crystallization of the labor and diligence of the people. Especially now, in the trend of markets being affected by commercialization, Pa Co market is a rare place that still retains the national identity and unique features of the traditional markets of the highland people.

Bui Minh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/sac-mau-phien-cho-pa-co-242094.htm