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Muong Hum Market
Welcome
to Muong Hum Market in Sapa Vietnam
 Muong
Hum is a large and important market in the northwest region of Lao Cai
Province. Very different from Bac Ha and Sapa market which lye inside
the district townships, Muong Hum Market is set on open flat land at the
bottom of a large and scenic valley by a small river and surrounded by
terraced rice paddies.
It is often empty and quiet
on the other weekday, waken up and busy on Sunday. This market is
well-known as one of the most interesting Sunday market in Lao Cai
province and possibly a good alternative trip to
Bac Ha market for visitors thanks
to the very large variety of the ethnic minority peoples to attend and
quite easy to be distinguished through their traditional clothes. The
flower H’mong wear thick embroidered yellow and red skirts and blouses
while the Red H’mong prefer thinner red embroidered patterns on light
batik background; In contrast, the Black H’mong in dark indigo with just
some decorative motive at the end of the shirt sleeves and round the
neck.
Red Zao and Zao Tuyen wear
black trousers and shirts with fine yellow embroidery motifs and pay
much attention to the decoration to their headgears including silver
chains and bells. There are also many Zay, Tay and Ha Nhi people joining
the market who wear less colorful clothes but no less beautiful.
The road trip to Muong Hum
takes 2.5 hours from Sapa (75km) and 1.5 hour from Lao Cai although the
distant is only 42km due to tough road.
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Market:
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