Chuong Conical Hat Village, located in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, is famous for its special product – conical leaf hat. The village attracts many people who not only come here to place orders but also witness the process of making “non”.
Palm leaf is the main material for making “non”. Leaf and bamboo hammocks may be imported from other provinces such as Phu Tho, Ha Tinh. The profession not only needs the artisans have the ingenuity, careful, but also love to do the job that his father had struggled storage and transmission. For a complete product, need to go through many different stages from choosing, arranging palm leaves, then stitching them on the conical ring, and sewing colorful thread.
Beside normal conical hat, Vietnamese women also use “Non quai thao” (a kind of conical hat with fringe hanging at both sides) in traditional festivals such as Spring festivals or “cheo”, “quan ho” folk music ones. “
In Chuong village, most of generations in the family know how to make conical hats. After harvest time, they make hats to increase their incomes, improve their living standards and contribute to bettering their home village.
Nowadays, conical hats and “non quai thao” has become one of the most favorite souvenirs of foreign tourists when visit Vietnam.
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