Muong ethnic people preserve rice cake wrapping tradition

  • Photo: Mrs. Bui Thi Chieu in Giang Mo village, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district and her daughter enjoy wrapping glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Mrs. Bui Thi Chieu in Giang Mo village, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district and her daughter enjoy wrapping glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Elders in the family with skilled hands often take charge of wrapping small glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Elders in the family with skilled hands often take charge of wrapping small glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Muong ethnic's traditional food are made from glutinous rice, green mung beans and pork belly, wrapped in fresh green leaves. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Muong ethnic's traditional food are made from glutinous rice, green mung beans and pork belly, wrapped in fresh green leaves. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Muong ethnic's traditional food are made from glutinous rice, green mung beans and pork belly, wrapped in fresh green leaves. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Muong ethnic's traditional food are made from glutinous rice, green mung beans and pork belly, wrapped in fresh green leaves. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: It can take up to 8-10 hours for the cakes to be cooked over firewood stove. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: It can take up to 8-10 hours for the cakes to be cooked over firewood stove. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: A child watches her relative boils the banh chung and banh ong. It can take up to 8-10 hours for the cakes to be cooked. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: A child watches her relative boils the banh chung and banh ong. It can take up to 8-10 hours for the cakes to be cooked. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: A child watches her relative boils the banh chung and banh ong. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: A child watches her relative boils the banh chung and banh ong. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Generations of a Muong family gather together to make traditional glutinous rice cake. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Generations of a Muong family gather together to make traditional glutinous rice cake. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Mrs. Dinh Thi Nhan tie bamboo strings as the last step to complete wrapping a
    Photo: Mrs. Dinh Thi Nhan tie bamboo strings as the last step to complete wrapping a "banh ong". She lives with her family in Giang Mo village, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district.
  • Photo: Family members wrap banh ong (locally known as peẻng ôống ) and banh chung together. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Family members wrap banh ong (locally known as peẻng ôống ) and banh chung together. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • Photo: Mrs. Bui Thi Chieu in Giang Mo village, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district and her daughter enjoy making glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    Photo: Mrs. Bui Thi Chieu in Giang Mo village, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district and her daughter enjoy making glutinous rice cakes. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt

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Muong ethnic people preserve rice cake wrapping tradition
02/17/2022 14:45 | TTXVN |
People of Muong ethnic in the northern province of Hoa Binh have a beautiful tradition of wrapping glutinous rice cakes called “banh ong” and “banh chung” during festive times. During new year or festival celebration, a Muong ethnic family usually gathers in their stilt home to make the cakes together. As family members cook and eat banh ong and banh chung, the familial bonds between them deepen, their tradition strengthen and continues in the next generation. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt

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