Pa Then brocade weaving tradition lives on in Tuyen Quang province

  • Photo: Hung Thi Chang, a 70-year-old brocade weaving artisan, focusing on her loom. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
    Photo: Hung Thi Chang, a 70-year-old brocade weaving artisan, focusing on her loom. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
  • Photo: Pa Then women maintain a traditional brocade weaving class to uphold their tradition and promote local tourism in Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang province. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
    Photo: Pa Then women maintain a traditional brocade weaving class to uphold their tradition and promote local tourism in Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang province. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
  • Photo: Pa Then women in their bright traditional costumes, woven with sophisticated brocade patterns.  VNA Photo: Nam Sương
    Photo: Pa Then women in their bright traditional costumes, woven with sophisticated brocade patterns. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
  • Photo: Traditional waistbands with intricate brocade patterns. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
    Photo: Traditional waistbands with intricate brocade patterns. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
  • Photo: Skillful hands of a brocade weaving artisan at work. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
    Photo: Skillful hands of a brocade weaving artisan at work. VNA Photo: Nam Sương
Pa Then’s traditional costumes are red-dominant clothes, often feature embroidered patterns of plants and animals that are familiar to local people, such as buffalo horns and pine trees. However, in modern times, not all Pa Then girls know how to weave their traditional clothes. Local authority has been working with local elders to organise brocade weaving classes, upholds traditional craft and also opens an opportunity to develop community tourism in the locality. VNA Photo: Nam Sương

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