1 Accurately locate the address of Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A
Address: Sang Pa A hamlet, Meo Vac, Ha Giang
Currently in Ha Giang, the Lo Lo ethnic group is often divided into two branches, including the Black Lo Lo people and the Lo Lo Hoa people. In which, the Lo Lo Hoa people make up the majority and usually live in Lung Tao and Sung La communes, in the territory of Dong Van and Meo Vac districts of Ha Giang. Meanwhile, the Lo Lo Den people are crowded in the area of ββLung Cu commune.
Peaceful scene in Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A
2 Learn something about the Lo Lo people
The Lo Lo ethnic group is one of the least populous ethnic groups in our country. They often live intermingled with other ancient ethnic groups. A special feature of the Lo Lo people when building houses is that they often build their houses with their backs to the mountains, in front overlooking the valley and lush fields. They often live in stilts or wall houses with a different and unique space layout.
The house of the Lo Lo people usually has three compartments, with the middle part for receiving guests, the left room is the place for children and the other is the place for grandparents and parents. The attic is usually a place where they store food, corn, potatoes, cassava or a place for guests to stay if needed.
Lo Lo people are divided into two branches, including Lo Lo Den and Lo Lo Hoa people. Photo: VnExpress
3 How can you move to Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A?
Because it is located in a relatively easy-to-access location, cars and motorbikes, more specifically digital cars, are the most suitable vehicles.
Currently, in the center of Ha Giang city, there are many shops that operate motorbike rental services and bring them to the hotel you are staying at. The price per day for car rental ranges from 180,000 VND (for digital cars) and from 550,000 VND to 600,000 VND per day (for clutch cars). You just need to contact the car shop owners in advance, notify the pick-up date and time and the hotel address and they will bring the car to the place, too convenient, right?
Note that if you intend to explore Ha Giang by motorbike, you should prepare in advance identification documents such as identity card / citizen identification, driving license. In addition, during the journey, you must be extremely careful, obeying traffic signals because the roads in Ha Giang are relatively difficult with winding passes.
4 Special features at Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A
Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A is one of the community tourist attractions in Ha Giang with a wide range of interesting activities. Currently, the village is home to 63/118 households of Lo Lo ethnic group. Here, people always try to preserve to the maximum extent their own identities from the past to the present.
In the journey to discover Ha Giang, after visiting Meo Vac Market – one of the largest local markets, you can visit Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A if you want to better understand the land and people here. Coming to Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the daily life, simple, simple but full of joy and laughter of the Lo Lo people. .
Lo Lo people usually live mainly by brocade weaving, small trade in fairs as well as shifting cultivation and other livestock and farming activities. Whether in daily life, daily activities or in festivals full of laughter, their cultural identity is still clearly expressed, especially through the colorful costumes of women. Lo Lo.
To visit Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A, you will visit the cultural house area. This is a house built with the purpose of serving the needs of community cultural activities of the people in the village. Coming here, you will enjoy the music and dances with traditional musical instruments of the Lo Lo people. More specifically, on the day of Khau Vai Love Market or other major holidays in Meo Vac district, the people in Lo Lo and Sang Pa A Ethnic Village will always perform dances showing cultural beauty. , its own national identity.
Folk games are organized by people in the community house area. Photo: VnExpress
Coming to the village on festival days, you will have the opportunity to enjoy interesting dance performances. Photo: VnExpress
Besides the community house which is the gathering place, activities and entertainment of the Lo Lo people, the village also has a brocade rental group – a proud cultural feature of the village. With 24 members, they have been diligent day and night, producing the most beautiful and sophisticated costumes possible.
Each costume of the Lo Lo woman is completed meticulously and meticulously with many intricately hand-woven patterns. Coming to Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A, you will admire the full process to make a brocade costume as well as buy souvenirs from textile and embroidery products, such as: clothes and other silver jewelry.
The splendid costumes of the Lo Lo girls are made entirely of brocade with eye-catching colorful motifs. Photo: VnExpress
Not only can you fully admire the process of making a marvelous brocade costume, when you come to Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the bustling festival atmosphere. heat here. The most unique traditional festivals of the people here are the New Corn Festival and the Rain Prayer Ceremony.
Normally, around September and October every year, after finishing the harvest of a corn crop, Lo Lo people will hold a New Corn Celebration. On this holiday, they will offer to the gods offerings such as wine, sticky rice, chicken or pigs in a ceremony that takes place on the same field that has just finished the harvest season. At the same time, the New Corn Festival is also an opportunity for people to express their gratitude to God Nong, ancestors, Heaven and Earth, and to pray for a new crop with favorable rain and wind, a bountiful harvest, and a good harvest. many new successes.
Meanwhile, the festival of praying for rain of the Lo Lo people is usually held around the beginning of the third lunar month with the hope of praying for favorable weather, good crops, and all favorable things in the new year. Offerings to the gods include chickens grown, wooden or iron swords, water bowls, wine cups, bamboo incense tubes representing the four heavens, incense, and gold and silver paper.
The festival of praying for rain is a festival of traditional beliefs and traditions imbued with the unique culture of the Lo Lo people. They often hold the festival at Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A with the presence of all people. This is also an opportunity for people to teach their children and grandchildren to promote their cultural traditions.
The gourd is a “string connecting” people during festivals held at Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A. Photo: VnExpress
In the journey back to the highlands of Ha Giang, do not forget to visit Lo Lo Ethnic Village, Sang Pa A if you want to better understand the beauty of daily life here. Don’t forget to share your beautiful Ha Giang check-in photos with MIA.vn too!
Source: Collected internet.