Businesswoman and former beauty queen Le Thi Khanh Van recently shared a new set of photos wearing traditional Red Dao ethnic costumes from Na Hang, Tuyen Quang, to honor and preserve this traditional attire.
The "spirit-catching" or "spirit-stealing" ceremony is usually held at the end of the year by the Red Dao people in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province, to pray for health and peace for family members.
In many regions, the Dao people celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year) starting in the twelfth lunar month, holding all-night dances to express gratitude to their ancestors and pray for a bountiful harvest.
No matter how cold the weather is in this remote border region, it cannot stop the notorious robberies that take place on New Year's Eve among the Red Dao people here.
(VTC News) - The shaman softly chanted an incantation and walked around; after a short while, the "magic staff" automatically flew up, causing two strong men to be unable to hold onto it.
(VTC News) - "The stick kept flying up, and no matter how hard we tried to push it down, we couldn't, so we all got exhausted and had to let go and fall to the ground," Mr. Trieu Choi Hin said cheerfully.
(VTC News) - The total amount of pork served at the wedding was 1,1 tons. As for chicken, it was countless; hundreds of chickens must have been plucked.
Many Red Dao women, a minority ethnic group in Huangluo Dao village, Longsheng County, Guangxi Province (China), have hair that can grow up to 5,5 meters long.