When the terraced fields flip from inexperienced to yellow within the Muong Hoa valley of Sapa city, Lao Cai province, it is usually the time to sign a very essential Tet vacation within the lunar month of the Giay ethnic group right here. . It’s the 14th day of the seventh lunar month that the Giay nonetheless name “Seng Sat” which implies the Seventh New 12 months – the most important New 12 months of the Giay and is taken into account the New 12 months of the deceased.
On at the present time, relations will collect and collect across the conventional tray of rice. As well as, throughout Tet, which is devoted to the reminiscence of the yin, the Giay additionally make Banh Rom, a standard cake of the individuals right here.
Vu Thi Ngoc Huong – a younger Giay ethnic minority, born in 1999, anxious about her Giay ethnic cultural values step by step fading away, and within the days of the epidemic with out vacationers, determined to open a tour. Weekly on-line journey for under 50,000 VND to introduce a really totally different Sapa.
Sapa expertise tour 50,000 VND
ceremony of worship on the day the destructive door was opened
On the afternoon of the 14th day of the seventh lunar month, after registering to take part, I skilled an internet tour, interacting instantly with an attractive Giay ethnic woman with solely 50,000 VND however realized numerous classes. culturally.
When connecting to zoom to expertise this tour, I used to be fairly impressed with the picture of Ngoc Huong in conventional Giay garments and carrying a sq. cotton woven scarf on her head. The costumes of the Giay ladies are easy with a shirt manufactured from uncooked silk, embellished with patterned edges mixed with harmonious black silk pants and a beautiful pair of self-stitched sneakers. In a neat conventional costume, the Giay ethnic woman actively brings on-line visitors to start out discovering this particular conventional New 12 months day.
If the Kinh carry out the ancestor remembrance ritual from the primary day of the seventh lunar month to the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the Giay solely spend 2 days of July 14 and July 15 of the lunar calendar to recollect, then Tet actions.
In response to Ngoc Huong’s phrases, Giay individuals will carry out worshiping rituals as a result of they consider that on at the present time, the destructive door will likely be opened, then, their ancestors within the afterlife will likely be liberated. On this vacation, regardless of how busy they’re at work, the Giay ethnic kids removed from their hometown will prepare to return to collect with their households to precise their filial piety to their grandparents and fogeys, in addition to carry out ceremony to recollect ancestors and deceased.
On the street main visitors to expertise on-line tradition, Ngoc Huong took us to her grandmother’s home. Within the conventional home of the Giay, Huong launched her to folding boats to offer the opposite world a method of transportation. In contrast to the Kinh, the Giay don’t purchase votive papers, or ready-made garments on the market, however will manually minimize the normal costumes of the Giay individuals in order that on this Lunar New 12 months, the ancestors and the deceased even have new costumes. to signify the Lunar New 12 months.
Giay individuals sew votive garments for the yin
Not solely hand-cutting conventional costumes to “present” the yin individuals, the Giay individuals additionally put together giant sheets of paper to “present” the yin individuals, symbolizing the rulers of material for the deceased to stitch garments to their liking. . Each element, each outfit or bag is cherished by Giay individuals, meticulously minimize and glued to make it essentially the most stunning. These costumes will likely be burned after providing the ancestors to have fun Tet on the 14th within the hope that grandparents, ancestors and the deceased even have new gadgets to have fun Tet within the afterlife.
SERVE WITH REQUIRED Dish
Switching the digicam to the placement of the providing tray, Huong shared: “The Giay’s choices will need to have a rooster, hen, pork, a bowl of water and a bowl of salt. Roosters and hens earlier than reducing blood have to be Wash your face, wash your ft to pay respects to your ancestors. Bowls of water and salt are like connecting yin and yang, signaling to the ancestors that this 12 months the household could have an excellent enterprise with sufficient agricultural merchandise to supply. , invite ancestors to take pleasure in in addition to to offer thanks for a 12 months of wind and rain, heat household”.
Most households will put together the choices themselves, relying on the home, they are going to have totally different obligatory dishes within the choices. However there’s a particular factor that can’t be with no bowl of salt and a bowl of water on the altar as a result of the Giay consider that these two bowls are wanted to be able to report back to their ancestors and invite them to have fun Tet.
On this vacation, Giay individuals will make a standard cake to supply to their ancestors, which is Rom cake. For Giay individuals, sticky rice is a really treasured actual pearl given by Mom Nature. After every season of ripe rice, the Giay will choose high quality upland sticky rice seeds to make desserts to supply to the ancestors, together with Rom cake.
In response to Ngoc Huong’s share, Rom cake is stuffed with sugar or inexperienced beans. The colour of Banh Rom could be dyed with water from apricot leaves to offer the cake a particular darkish inexperienced coloration and aroma of apricot leaves. Muffins are cooked on crimson stoves as choices to point out the concord between nature and folks.
Previously, the Giay individuals would make three worshiping trays, 1 worshiping tray for the god of the Gate, 1 tray for worshiping the ancestors, and 1 tray for worshiping the land. Nevertheless, right now, relying on the tactic, every household organizes a distinct tray of choices with the which means of remembering the ancestors and praying for a affluent lifetime of the Giay individuals.
Most households will put together the choices themselves, relying on every home, they are going to have totally different obligatory dishes within the choices.
PLAY ANOTHER NEW YEAR
Ngoc Huong shared with us that Giay individuals will dedicate July 15 to taking part in Tet. Along with the ceremony, the Giay even have a competition. Huong shared: “After the complete moon meal, the Giay additionally exit to have fun Tet, particularly spending the 15th day taking part in Tet, at the present time will abstain from holding knives and scissors… And there are some Giay ethnic teams, after the meal. When providing rice on 14/7, the subsequent day you’ll have to be vegetarian and never eat meat.
Throughout the full moon day of July, Giay individuals maintain a recreation on the night of 13, 14, 15. Nevertheless, this 12 months because of the difficult improvement of the epidemic, the Giay ethnic group didn’t arrange it. This recreation of Giay individuals is known as “choi choi”. This recreation is often held within the night as a result of then somebody will recite incantations to ask ghosts on the moon to enter a form of basket like a cage for a Giay wedding ceremony cake knitted with bamboo, vu… (a bit like a cage). hen). And that basket can robotically soar up as if somebody is holding it on both aspect.
At the moment, individuals can ask questions they wish to know, that ghost will reply by the variety of occasions it knocks on the bottom. At this time, few individuals can recite mantras to ask ghosts, nonetheless, Giay individuals nonetheless arrange it yearly to have enjoyable. Particularly younger women and men will go there and use excuses to ask the individual they like and confess.”
After every on-line expertise like this, Huong will work together and reply questions from on-line visitors in regards to the origin, costumes, and tradition of the Giay individuals. Huong shared: “In response to researchers, the Giay individuals migrated to Vietnam from across the finish of the 17th century to the start of the 18th century. The Giay individuals have a standard occupation of rising moist rice. As well as, additionally they work in upland fields and exploit forestry. produce and livestock.
The Giay individuals reside in a standard home on stilts, however now there are some households residing in actual property. In entrance of the Giay’s home, a drying ground is commonly constructed. The nave of the home is a solemn place to put the altar. On the altar there are a lot of incense bowls to worship: heaven, earth, ancestors, the kitchen king, the earth god… Within the chamber, arrange an altar to Mom, when the kid is full month, he’ll make the ceremony to report back to the ancestors and provides him a reputation. The Giay individuals at present have about 70,000 individuals, concentrated within the northern provinces, of which greater than 50% of Giay individuals reside in Lao Cai province. Nevertheless, solely in Ta Van commune of Sapa city are Giay individuals residing.”
Fairly face, cute speaking model, though she has solely simply executed an internet tour, Ngoc Huong has acquired the eye of many vacationers who like to expertise and discover. Every time opening the tour, Huong attracts almost 20 guests. Within the upcoming on-line tour, Ngoc Huong will expertise the harvest season on the gorgeous terraced fields in Muong Hoa valley. Moreover opening on-line excursions, Huong additionally often interacts with individuals by means of her youtube channel “Huong Giay Sapa” and her private fb web page in order that she will introduce to extra individuals in regards to the distinctive tradition of the Giay ethnic group. the place Sapa meets heaven and earth.
