What makes the Mong-made flax clothing distinguishable from others is the sophisticated brocade patterns and the beeswax drawing. The craftswomen use heated beeswax to paint traditional decorative patterns of the Mong people on the sheets. Photo: VNALung Tam flax fabric is not only transformed into colourful dresses, scarves, and handbags but is also used for decorative products at hotels and restaurants as well as souvenirs and paintings. Photo: Minh Duc - VNALung Tam flax fabric is not only transformed into colourful dresses, scarves, and handbags but is also used for decorative products at hotels and restaurants as well as souvenirs and paintings. Photo: Minh Duc - VNAIn the Mong community, weaving is used to measure a woman’s dexterity, industriousness, and dignity. Photo: VNAMaking linen from flax requires a lot of work, with all stages done manually. Photo: VNAIn the Mong community, weaving is used to measure a woman’s dexterity, industriousness, and dignity. Photo: VNAMaking linen from flax requires a lot of work, with all stages done manually. Photo: VNAIn the Mong community, weaving is used to measure a woman’s dexterity, industriousness, and dignity. Photo: VNAMaking linen from flax requires a lot of work, with all stages done manually. Photo: VNAMaking linen from flax requires a lot of work, with all stages done manually. Photo: VNA
Linen weaving by Mong ethnic minority women in Ha Giang
Located in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province, Lung Tam isa small valley surrounded by rocky mountains. It is a land where the Mongethnic minority people have lived for generations and found fame from weaving,creating many unique brocade products. The Mong women split the threadscarefully to obtain sheaths. The flax sheaths are then crushed in stone mortarsto soften them until only the tough threads remain. After being boiled severaltimes in water mixed with ash and beeswax, the linen threads become softer andwhiter. This is when the Mong women work with their looms. Photo: VNA
