
Travelling to the northern
provinces of Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang, visistors will see the colourful
costumes of women from the Pa Then ethnic minority.
Like many other ethnic
groups in Vietnam, Pa Then people grow flax to weave the brocades and fabrics
for making their traditional garments. Most of the adult Pa Then women learned
how to weave and sew from their mothers. According to Pa Then custom, women
have to learn these skills not only...