The betel nut bag of the Dao Quan Trang people.
Dang Thi Ngoan, 67 years old, in Dum Hamlet, said that the betel nut bag is her inseparable item. Although the bag is small, it contains many interesting things and reflects the beautiful customs of the Dao people's culture, including the culture of eating betel nut.
According to Ngoan, the piece of betel nut is not only the beginning of the story, but in the past, white Dao women also ate betel nut to make a charm, so that their lips were red and their teeth black. Therefore, every woman knows how to make betel nut bags. They have to manually cut the fabric, sew the bottom of the bag, the length of the bottom of the bag is about 20cm. The embroidery on the bag will judge the ingenuity of the bag maker.
The pattern on the bag is mainly embroidered according to a woman's imagination and creativity. Usually, the bag has 3 large pattern lines in different colours.
Along with preserving the cultural identity of the Dao, the betel nut bag product is expected an interesting souvenir for tourist when coming to Tuyen Quang.
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