Cat Cat is said to be a traditional village in Sapa. It is a long-standing village of Mong people. It also preserves many traditional crafts such as planting cotton, linen, weaving and making jewelry. Especially, this place also retains quite a lot of unique customs that in other regions do not have, or no longer exist original.
To Cat Cat village you have the opportunity to learn about the profession of weaving and weaving brocade of H’Mong people stored here. In the current economic conditions, making a fabric is very simple when applying modern technical advances. However, in Cat Cat village, brocade weaving is entirely made from traditional manual methods.
The girls H’Mong when growing up, she was transferred to her by her mother. They woven their own cloths and sewed themselves in shabby dresses before going home to her husband. And so the profession of weaving and weaving is handed down for generations. Not only in Cat Cat but also other villages have traditional crafts in Sapa, which is very interesting!
According to the footsteps of discoveries, youcan easily see the flax plants grown a lot around the houses. The flax has grown indigenous people to strip linen fibers from flax bark. Then boil and boil again and again until the flax fiber turns pure white. Experiencing many stages: plaiting, weaving, embroidering, indigo dyeing, drawing patterns… under the skillful hands of workers who make beautiful brocade products with delicate patterns. You trip will be fullfilled with many things and you will realize that Sapa is a perfect destination for you!
To diversify your experience, you can take this Sapa Homestay Tour in Giang Ta Chai Village to learn more about local life!
You can find yourself or your loved ones with beautiful and unique products as a unique gift of the northwest highland: Brocade bags, brocade purses, clothes, skirts, towels … priced from 100,000 – 300,000 VND. You can have a chance to see and buy many other amazing souvenirs in Sapa for your friend and family with a good price! All of them are from traditional villages in Sapa so you can’t find them anywhere else in the world! We suggest you buy them from this list of shops because it will improve the living standard of people here.
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