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The traditional craft of making shrimp creel of people in Bac Le

TQO - Bac Le village, Da Vi commune, Na Hang district is located next to Na Hang lake. In 2008, the lake started to store water, creating conditions for local people develop the fishing. In the past, people had to buy shrimp creels in Xuan Lai and Yen Binh commune (Yen Bai) to prepare for the fishing season in July and August. Now, local people have learned and made their own shrimp baskets with many improvements.

These shrimp creels are made from bamboo.

After splitting, the bamboo bars will be peeled off to start the knitting process.

Product completing process.

After knitting, the shrimp creels are hung on the wood stove.

The self-made shrimp basket creates more income for the local people.

Raw materials for making shrimp creels.

People in Bac Le teach children the way to make shrimp creels.

Thanks to fishing, the life of Bac Le people gradually improved.

The process of shaping shrimp creels.

A completed shrimp basket.

It takes about 2 hours to knit a shrimp creel.

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