Life in H'Mong Community

 

A rice terraced field. Credit: Vo Van Phi Long's photo

Vo Van Phi Long, the 32-year-old man, quit his job in Quang Nam's hometown to plant in the village to do his own business in Can Ty 1, Ma Quai commune, Sin Ho district from mid-December 2021.  

The Dien Ban man shared that he used to work for a non-profit social organization so that he could go to many places in Vietnam. Phi Long experiences the ethnic group's cultural identity and culinary specialities of many regions, especially highland villages.  

He celebrated Tet away from his family, but he still felt the warmth because people gave him peach branches, thick cakes and even pork.  

The corner of the wooden house where Phi Long lives the village" still had the Tet atmosphere with blooming peach blossom branches.

Credit: Vo Van Phi Long's photo

Sin Ho Plateau has a cool, cloudy climate, named the second Sa Pa of the Northwest region, with the highlight of the villages lying on the mountainside. The picture above depicts a scene of drifting clouds in Na Ke village.

 "Four years ago, I first set foot in Sin Ho. What impressed me was the wild and beautiful scenery, the friendly and hospitable people. My legs always want to move and help people more this year I return to Sin Ho to celebrate Tet with the people," Phi Long said.

Credit: Vo Van Phi Long's photo

Dotted with plum flowers, houses nest in Pa Chao O village, Hong Thu commune. People in the Sin Ho district grow many peaches, plums and pears, so every spring, flowers bloom. The majority of ethnic groups in Sin Ho are Thai and H'Mong, and the rest are Kinh, Dao, Lu, Khang and Kho Mu.

People's life is still difficult. With his experience, Phi Long stayed in the village on this Tet holiday, with the people doing economic activities, sharing documents on cultivation and animal husbandry.

He supported people to consume agricultural products such as plums, flowers, brown pears, peaches, honey, jade crane mushrooms, and ginseng. Quang Nam boy is helping some people in Can Ty 1 village to grow fruit trees and medicinal herbs. "I'm delighted to do something meaningful like this," said Phi Long.

Credit: Vo Van Phi Long's photo

H'Mong children play spinning tops on Tet. In addition to tug of war, pounding, throwing, the young men and children also like to ply spinning tops. The games of each ethnic group are often different in size, shape, and way of playing, the rules of winning and losing.  

The material of a spinning top is hardwood, cut down round, the lower end gradually shrunk into a sharp point.