HBO – It is enduringly popular to see Tay ethnic women wearing their traditional costume when rambling around Da Bac town and Tan Minh, Tan Pheo, Giap Dat and Muong Chieng communes. Integrating with the modern life, the Tay ethnic group, accounting for 40.57 percent of the population of Da Bac district, is preserving and promoting their traditional cultural characteristics every day.



An art troupe in Na Man and Muong Chieng communes in Da Bac district stages an performance in their traditional costume.

Unlike men’s outfit, women’s clothing is more sophisticated with three kinds of shirts, namely short shirts, V-neck style short shirt without button and long shirt, head scarf, bibs, silk dress and belt.

According to Xa Thi Thay, head of the art troupe, the colourful traditional costumes show off Tay women’s beauty and charm. Besides special occasions like Tet or traditional festivals, the garb is used in Tay women’s daily activities as part of efforts to preserve their cultural values.

 

Highlight of the dress is a tight-fitting short shirt with a band clipped with two lines of silver buttons in the shape of butterfly or cicada. Five, seven or nine pairs of buttons are arranged in the short shirt. Meanwhile, the sleeveless bibs are in pink and black colours with sequin decoration in their necks. 

The black or indigo knee-length dresses have two kinds: one with embroidered waistband and the remainder with sunken floral patterns. Meanwhile, the skillfully-embroiled Pieu ethnic scarf is a vivid illustration for the Tay ethnic people’s excellent culture. 

The Tay women also use such accessories as necklace, bracelet, earrings and silver or gold rings.

 

 


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