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Tet colors on H'mong costumes

TQO - During Tet or festivals, the H'mong people often prepare the most beautiful and new costumes to welcome Tet, praying happiness and good luck in the new year.

H'mong girls in Xuan Lap Commune (Lam Binh) are beautiful in traditional costumes.

On the days nearing Tet holiday, coming to the H'mong villages, visitors can see images of H'mong women and children going to the Tet market with colorful clothes swaying with each flexible step.

With the warm and garish colors such as blue, red, purple, yellow, the H'mong dresses are likened to a unique work of art. It is a harmonious color scheme, abundant and impressive textures, skillfully and gracefully arranged.

The motifs in the costumes of the Mong people are mainly spirals, hearts, squares, rectangles, zigzags and some symbols associated with life such as lightning, working tools, animals, flowers, etc. All are shown through each winding line on the bodice and skirt to convey many wishes. It is people's aspiration to live in harmony with nature, favorable weather, good crops.

H'mong women in Khau Tinh village, Khau Tinh Commune (Na Hang) prepare costumes for Tet.

In Tuyen Quang Province, there are Blue H'mong, White H'mong, Flower H'mong and Black H'mong ethnic groups. For the costumes of Blue H'mong and White H'mong women, the motifs are prominent on the back, collar, front chest while on the costumes of Black H'mong and Flower H'mong women, decorative motifs are mainly concentrated on two sleeves, bibs and on the skirt. Although choosing different positions, the lines and patterns embroidered on the shirt and skirt still carry the same meaning of the desire for a happy and peaceful life.

Giang Lam

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