(HBO) – The Muong ethnic village of Giang Mo, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district is a stopover place to explore, enjoy, experience the lakeside of Hoa Binh Lake.


A corner of the Muong ethnic village of Giang Mo

Giang Mo hamlet is the home to more than one hundred households, all of Muong ethnic people who still retain unique identity from building houses, ways, dressing, living styles in the production. The ancient stilt houses of the Muong ethnic people gather together to express the cohesion of the community. The houses were set up on the large land, leaning back on the hill, around the stream murmured day and night. Although life is difficult but the Muong ethnic people are extremely hospitable, just setting foot to visit, choosing any house as a stop, visitors are treated warmly with love affection, warmth of local poeple.

The people in the hamlet are always willing to treat visitors the products of mountainous forests such as nếp nương sticky rice, cẩm sticky rice, pork filled with leaves, buffalo meat with lồm leaves, forest chicken, bitter bamboo shoots, steamed stream fish, Can wine, banana wine. Giang Mo hamlet still keeps and preserves the intact cultural traditions, characteristic of the ethnic identity. Young men go to the upland field, women do gardening, housework to improve the family. Muong ethnic women are very good at woven, weaving embroidery so they often make hand-made traditional handicraft products such as bamboo and rattan weaving to introduce to tourists. Meanwhile, the men with many talents, know how to play the flute, , fishing, shrimp catching, are very gentle, honest, open, easy to approach, easy to love, always create friendly atmosphere. They will support you with new experiences when exploring the village, mountains, streams, picking fruit, which really brings the joy after the worries in urban life.

Giang Mo Hamlet has a lot of local products, such as banana, grapefruit, forest bamboo shoots, orchid, taro, precious medicinal plants, honeycomb, chickens, pigs. Buying souvenirs for relatives or keeping as souvenirs is also very interesting. Also on the journey to Muong Giang Mo Hamlet, you can visit places such as Cu Chinh Lan Heroes Monument, Muong Cultural Space Museum, Muong Cultural Heritage Museum, to Thung Nai Port for exploring and experiencing the tourist on the romantic Hoa Binh Lake.

 

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