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Cat Cat village
Welcome
to Cat Cat Village - Sapa Vietnam
 Cat cat
village was founded since the 19th century and about 2km away from the
centre of SaPa town. People are mainly Mong minority and often build
houses spaced out dozens meters apart by mountain sides. They grow rice
in terrace fields and maize on the mountain according to the handicraft
cultivation method.
At
present, Cat Cat village is preserving its old architectural monuments
such as Pomu timber plank- roofed triple- room houses and many
traditional handicrafts such as growing cotton and flax, close weaving
and manipulating jewelry. Only with looms, the Mong people have created
colorful brocade clothes with patterns of trees, leaves, flowers and
animals. Besides this, Cat Cat village expands crafts of dying, printing
and embroidering patterns on cloth. The most popular method remains
dying in black and vegetable cinders water with forest leaves. Dyed
cloth will be shined by rolling with a round section of a tree trunk on
flat beeswax- covered rocks.
Visitors
to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire a lively and colorful picture.
That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces
of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these
pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with
beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and
leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and
smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them,
making their colors durable.
In
addition to the brocade weaving craft, many residents in Cat Cat are
good at manipulating gold and silver jewelry. Their products are fairly
sophisticated, especially jewelry for women.
 Tourists
to Cat Cat are most attracted by its unique customs, including the
custom of “pulling wife”. A man can ask his friends to lure a girl he
likes to his house and keeps her there in three days. During these days,
if the girl agrees to become his wife, a wedding will be held. However,
the girl can happily go home after three days if she does not like him.
Traditional houses of H’Mong people in Cat Cat have three rooms with
three doors and covered with po mu wood roof. In the house there are
three columns that stand in round or square stones. The walls are made
from sawn timber. The main door is always closed and only opens when
people in the house organize important events. Altar, inlaid floor
containing food, places for sleeping, kitchen and receiving guests are
indispensable parts of the houses.
Visitors
to Cat Cat Village can discover countless unique features of H’Mong.
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