Arieu Ping, the reburial festival of the Pa Ko
Arieu Ping, the reburial festival of the Pa Ko

VOV.VN - For the Pa Ko ethnic people, taking care of ancestral tombs is not a family’s private affair, but the responsibility of the whole village.

Arieu Ping, the reburial festival of the Pa Ko
“Ta dieu”, a religious symbol of the Thai
“Ta dieu”, a religious symbol of the Thai

VOV.VN - The Thai in Son La province have many cultural and ritual customs. Planting or hanging Ta dieu is a typical rite which has been handed down from generation to generation.

“Ta dieu”, a religious symbol of the Thai
Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity
Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity

VOV.VN - The Red Dao have many observances throughout the year, such as abstention day after the Forest Worship on the first day of a New Year and Days of the Wind and Thunderbolt Deities.

Red Dao observe Day for Thunderbolt Deity
Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai
Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai

VOV.VN - The White Thai ethnic minority celebrate their Xip Xi Festival on the 14th day of the 7th lunar month in the leisure time before the fall harvest.

Xip Xi Festival of the White Thai
Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority
Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority

VOV.VN - The Lu ethnic minority of Lai Chau province have long earned their living by growing cotton, raising silkworms, spinning thread and weaving fabrics.

Traditional costumes of the Lu ethnic minority
Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group
Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group

VOV.VN - Expressing one’s love through music, running away to the beloved’s house, and scaling money on the wedding day are some of the unique wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic people in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province.

Wedding customs of the Ha Nhi ethnic group
Stick puppetry of the Tay
Stick puppetry of the Tay

VOV.VN -  The Tay often stage stick puppetry at their New Year’s celebration and also at the Going to the Field Festival, a custom that has existed for more than 200 years. 

Stick puppetry of the Tay
Silver in the life of Thai people
Silver in the life of Thai people

VOV.VN - The Thai people living in Vietnam’s northwestern region highly treasure silver. They use and gift silver jewelry and products at important events such as weddings and religious ceremonies.

Silver in the life of Thai people
Indigo clothes of the Tay
Indigo clothes of the Tay

VOV.VN - Indigo is a dominant color of clothes of many Vietnamese ethnic groups. The Tay in the northern region say that the tradition of using the indigo plant to dye fabric is derived from a folktale of the faithful love of a young couple.

Indigo clothes of the Tay
Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages
Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages

VOV.VN - Known as the land of traditional crafts, Hanoi has the highest number of craft villages in Vietnam: 1,350, nearly one-third of the total number.

Hanoi, the home of the quintessential craft villages