NHỮNG BỘ PHIM TẠO CẢM HỨNG DỊCH CHUYỂN VÀ KHÁM PHÁ THẾ GIỚI

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This morning, Seo Linh - A Chu’s son, led us to make the paper in the traditional H’mong way. Seo Linh is in 7th grade this year, but has more than 4 years of guidance under the tutor of his father, so he is also very knowledgeable and clever.

The paper maker is also the priest of the village - A Cua. Being a priest, A Cua is very young. But as A Chu introduced, because A Cua was chosen to be a priest since he was a teenager, so even though he looks young, A Cua is very skillful and experienced.

The H’mong paper is used to hang on the wall in the middle of the house, attach a little rooster feathers on it and become a sacred place, an altar to worship the ancestors. Every year on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the H’mong people will replace it with the new paper with the expectation that their ancestors will testify their sincerity and bless their descendants to have a peaceful new year and a lush crop. The old papers are also cut into small pieces and glued to corners, pillars, on furniture as a way of sealing, ending the old year and welcoming the new year.

A Cua explained to us the raw material selection process, traditional rules and principles that paper makers must follow. A Cua honestly expressed that the experience of visitors will contribute to preserve papermaking tradition of H’mong people.

After he finished, A Cua led us to the middle of the yard to begin to try making paper. After finishing, the papers were left drying in the sun.

That afternoon, Seo Linh continued to take us for a walk around the village, through plum gardens, peach orchards and bamboo forest, then rocky cliffs or through the flower beds of the villagers. When the sun started to fall on the fields, we returned to the homestay. The boys and men had prepared the H’mong pancake making equipment at the place where last night was the music stage. That evening ended early, A Chu told everyone go to bed to get up early tomorrow.

APPOINTMENT DAY IN THE SPRING

At 4:30 AM, A Chu waked everyone up. Everyone quickly warmed up and was ready to go to see the beautiful scenery. More than 30 minutes of walking, we arrived when it was still early morning.

A Chu led and showed everyone beautiful places to catch the sunrise moment. I set up pre

made tea and coffee, and pancake fried by Sua. The view was breathtakingly beautiful as the sun rose from behind the ridges. When the sun was higher, the sunlight shone all over the mountains and the clouds also faded away, we returned to the homestay.

At home, some people continued to drink coffee, others sat in a corner on the porch next to the bar to read a book, others played with H’mong dogs in the yard. A Chu talked about the business situation of his family, not forgetting to show me what he was doing - and he always has something new.

A Cua appeared, bringing the H’mong papers that we had made yesterday, which had dried up. The children were very excited to see their finished work and carefully repackaged it under A Cua’s guidance.

Sua finished making lunch for us. After a few days together, the last meal took place in a very intimate atmosphere, just like the most important thing A Chu always taught in his family when he started to open a homestay.

Seo Linh swung all over my arms and My shyly smiled when we said goodbye. I squeezed A Chu’s hand tightly, wishing him a lot of health to continue his career as a community-based tourism agent of H’mong people, because he was “chosen”.

And when you read about this journey, I am again welcoming an early spring in Hua Tat village.