When guests want to go somewhere to relax, clear away the sorrow, anxiety in your life or after long trips, visitors should come to Mai Chau in Hoa Binh province to feel the peaceful life here. Mai Chau not only has Lac village but also many other beautiful villages. Among them, it can not be ignored to mention Pom Coong village, this is a village characterized by Thai ethnic group. It offers a romantic landscape that promises to give visitors a great experience and an unforgettable impression.
Pom Coong is a very unique and meaningful name, according to Thai’s language, Pom means a hill and Coong is the drum, therefore, Pom Coong means the village of the hills located on the large drum, implying the rice fields. Today, there are nearly 70 households in Pom Coong villages with more than 300 people, and it has 7 large families living happily together in harmony. Mai Chau homestay
Community – based tourism of Pom Coong village is not just famous for its natural beauty but also the cultural beauty of the people as well as the characteristic stilt houses of Thai ethnicity. Stilt houses here are usually built in clusters and follow traditional architecture style. Specifically, floors are made of bamboos and are above the ground about 2 meters by using solid wooden columns; roofs are thatched, rattan leaves or brick. The house has many large windows; the space below the stilt house is the looms for Thai girls to weave. That is the common different point compared to stilt houses of other ethnic groups. Besides, the place beneath the floor is also a space to sell souvenirs to tourists when traveling to Pom Coong such as brocade panels, bags, clothes, hand strap. It makes stilt houses of Pom Coong even more colorful and prominent.
Come here, apart from enjoying the quiet and peaceful natural surroundings, tourists can immerse themselves in the unique culture of the ethnic minorities such as the dances, gong festivals, sleeping at stilt houses, drinking Can wine. When the layer of mist is fading, the village appears with inherent rustic beauty, the voice of children calling each other to go to school, women wearing baskets on their shoulders to start their daily work. When the sun sets behind the mountains and the darkness of the night comes instead, it’s time flickering instrumentals emerged. At that time, the people in the village come out and dance with the tourists under the melody of the music. And, it is promising to give visitors a great experience.
Tourism in Pom Coong village is increasingly attractive and becomes familiar with domestic and international travelers. Pom Coong is a combination of spectacular and sophisticated beauty with forests, mountains along with colorful stilt houses. And the most fascinated factor is the friendly people with dances captivating the heart of people, the singing that is echoed through the jungle as an invitation to guests to this fairyland. For visitors who come to visit Hanoi, take a journey to go around Hanoi and visit surrounding provinces is worthy.
