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Culture and entertainment area (125.22 ha)

General tourism services area (138.89 ha)

Administration Office (78.5 ha)

Village area I (23.26 ha)

Village area II (13.05 ha)

Village area III (14.91 ha)

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The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture

and Tourism

Name in abbreviation: Vinaculto

Investment location: Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi

Total area: 1544 ha

Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and

Tourism is a national center of culture, sports and

tourism activities where traditional cultural heritage of

54 Vietnamese ethnics can be kept and exploited;

enhancing solidarity, mutual understanding, educating

national pride and patriotism of Vietnamese citizens;

strengthening friendship, cooperation and cultural

exchange with other nations of the world; and

meeting the needs of travelling, cultural and research

activities of both Vietnamese and foreign tourists.

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The Village area I

The Village area II

The Village arae III

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Total area: 23,26 hectares

Village area I: comprises of cultural works and special

feature landscape of 28 ethnic villages of highlands,

valleys, midlands under the North Vietnam, Northwest

and North Central language with Tay-Thai, Tang-Mien,

Hmong - Dao, Viet-Muong, Ka - Dai: Lo Lo, Pu Peo,

Ha Nhi, Muong, Hmong, Dao, Thai…

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Gongs festival of Muong

The game of

Wrestling of the

highland market

“Chim khau” festival

of San chay

A red Dao ethnic

wedding

“Sac bua” festival of

Thai

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M U O N G 2 0 1 4

Besides appearing in daily meals, „‟ Sau mang „‟ fried are often

used as food on occasions meetings side „‟Can‟‟ wine of Muong

people. The food has high nutritional value, the lucky visitors

visiting homeowners on a rainy season will be enjoy dishes very

weird and special.

Rich folk dancing as Animal dance, cotton dance, instrument

dance with Gong used unique amulet sing, especially in the

Muong, it must be mentioned song holiday, these are mountain

worship pieces, sprayers read by powwow and singed in the

funeral

festival “Phuong Xac bua” of Muong people at “Village”

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Proper name

: Thai

Other name :

Auta, Moi,

MoiBi, Mol,…

Place of

residence : Hoa

Binh, Phu Tho,

Son La, Thanh

Hoa, Ninh

Binh,…

Language :

Viet –Muong

Festival :

“Phuong Sac

Bua‟‟, “Xuong

Dong‟‟, “Cau

mua‟‟( Apirl ),

“Rua la rua”

Religious

beliefs :

Buddhism.

Three stilt houses of Muong people at

Vietnam National Village for Ethnic

Culture and Tourism are 466.53 m2 in

total area and in the four-roof stilt

houses. Scale usually located at the back

right. Scale accessories for women at the

top in the left. The main staircase is

located in the right gable. The sub-

staircase for females is located in the left

gable. The frame is founded in the

middle part between piles and trusses,

the truss attached to purlin and its legs

fitted into the top of the small piles.

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Thai women wind Pieu towels; wear black dresses, short jacket

with butterfly, spider and cicada-shaped silver buttons, clung

jackets; tied green silk to the waist and carrey chain near the hip

T H A I 2 0 1 4

The clothes of Black Thai The clothes of White Thai

CccUISIN

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Lam rice, five colors sticky rice and white sticky rice are the

traditional foods of Thai ethnic group. Each food has the special

taste and meaning.

Thai people have many special festivals. Each festival aims to show gratitude towards deities and express good praise for timely rains and favourable weather, good crops, happy life and good healthy such as: Ban flower festival, Ooc Co festival, Xoe dance..

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The stilt houses of Black Thai house has

tortoise shell shaped roof, covered

► Proper

name: Thai

► Other name:

Tay Thanh,

Man Thanh,

Pu Thay, ...

► Local group:

Black Thai

and White

Thai.

► Language:

The Tay-Thai

language

►Writing: The

form of

Sancrit

► History:

Originated in

the mainland

of the

Southeast

Asia and the

North West

of Vietnam

soon.

► Place of

residence: Son

La, Lai Chau,

Lao Cai, Nghe

An, ...

The White Thai‟s stilt house has sloping and

oblique gable. The Thai‟s house is recognized

by “khau cut”

to distinguish the

social position of

the host.

This is a place

in front of

Thai‟s house

to organize

some festivals

with thatches,

surrounded with

bamboo

partition. . There

are two main

doors at two

gabbles.

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Area: 13.05 hectares

Village II includes 18 ethnic groups living in the high

lands of south central, Truong Son mountain and Tay

Nguyen, Austro-Asiatic and Austronesia language

families such as: Gie Trieng, E De, Gia Rai, Cor, Bana,

Brau, Ta Oi, Ma, Xo Dang, M‟nong… in which the most

prominent is Bana and Brau village

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Cong chieng-Tay Nguyen

Tomb statues

M‟nong ethnic

Elephant racing festival

Bru-Van Kieu ethnic

It is high at 17,5m with the area is

84m2. It is used to arbitrate the

lawsuit, welcome the strange visitors

and is symbolized to the power and

the soul of the village

The high communal house:

The lower communal house:

The stilt house:

Its length is 15m with the area is

82m2. It is special for the shape,

the upper is large while the lower

is narow. It is used to prevent the

wild beats and remind villagers to

remember our origin

Including two main roofs and

two side roofs, they are all slope

roofs. The ladder is grafted by

the wooden planks combining

with the two circle trunks

B A N A 2 0 1 4

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It is made of wood, bamboo and has

cottage roof. There are many wooden

statues surrounding it. It is used to

bury the dead and serve the tomb

abandonment ceremony.

Usually carried out at

the end of the year, in

the full moon day.

It takes place in the communal house

and becomes the festival of the village

Proper name:

Bana

Other name:

Roh, Bo Nam,

Ala Kong,

Krang.

Local group:

Ro Ngao, To Lo,

Ro Long (Y

Lang)

Population:

227.716 people

Language:

Mon-Kmer

Writing: do

not have their

own writing

Place of

residence:Gia

Lai, Kon Tum,

Binh Dinh

The charnel house:

The tomb abandonment ceremony:

Is the biggest ceremony lasting in five

days. It takes place in the tomb area

of the village and it is considered the

last farewell to the dead

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Brau people eat ordinary rice and bamboo tube rice. They like

drinking jaw wine, smoking tobacco by tobacco pipe.

The wedding is held in the bride‟s family and is paid by the

bridegroom‟s family. After marriage, the bridegroom will stay

with his wife‟s family in about 4 to 5 years; then the wife and

husband will be in turn.

In the funeral practices, the coffin is half buried; then they build

the charnel house to grave. Surrounding the charnel house is

decorated with wooden masks.

B R A U 2 0 1 4

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Brau people live in small stilt houses. The

houses are arranged with round shape

and toward a house in the middle. This

house is the place to take place common

living of village.

Men wear a loin-cloth, and women wear

dress and necklace (bracelet, leg rings).

They are bare to the waist in summer,

and wear more fibre sheet in winter.

Proper name:

Brau

Other name:

Brao

Population:

397 people

(2009)

Language:Mon

Mon-Khmer (the

Asian South

family language

Early history:

100 years ago

in Vietnam

Place of

residence: Dac

Me, Bo Y

village, Ngoc

Hoi district,

Kon Tum

province

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Total area: 14.91 ha

Regional references: The South Central Region,

Southern.

Main ethnic villages: Cham, Khmer, Choro, Churu

Ancillary works: gate, welcome services, exhibition

management, resorts, etc.

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Choro stilt house

Churu women

Khmer pagoda’s gate

The Monks in Khmer pagoda

Cham towers

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K H M E R 2 0 1 4

Men and women wear silk sarong woven by them. The elder

people wear loose-fitting blouse, well-to-do men wear loose-

fitting blouse and put bandanna on the shoulder.

Bonh Oc-om-bok

Bonh Dol-ta

Bonh Chol-

Chnam-Thmay

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Khmer people have rich treasure of tales

as myths, legends,etc. Art and

architecture of temples are considered

the most unique heritage of Khmer

culture. Buddhist Temple and activities

plays an important role in the spiritual

life and society.

Proper name:

Khmer people

Other names:

Cur, Cul, Cu

Tho, etc.

Historical

Origin: 17th

century

Language:

Mon-Khmer

language

group.

Place of

residence:

Mekong Delta:

Tra Vinh, Soc

Trang, Ca

Mau, An

Giang,etc.

Special

festivals: Bonh

Chôl Chnam

Thmây, Bonh

Đôl-ta, Bonh

Oc-om-bok..

Name: Salathen

Include central chamber, corner tower,

tower garden, houseboat, worship

hermitage, sala, flagpole, lotus pond.

Construction based

on Buddha‟s life, cloud, water, plants.

Have 4 main doors

The symbol of Khmer

culture

A place to worship

Buddha

A school where the

monks are the educators.

A variant triangle

which have high

philosophic meaning

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KHMER PAGODA

C H A M 2 0 1 4

The low house on

stilt or ground house

in architectural

complex in an area,

simple buildings, and

discreet villages.

Cham was followed

by matriarchy.

Bride‟ family organize the wedding for their daughter

then groom will live in bride‟s house.

The Cham‟s ancient literature is very rich and unique

with monument, biblical, myth, heroic epic, tales. Tower

architecture and the cathedral are unique and typical.

Traditional music with Saranai trumpet, paranung

drums, kinang drums, erhu and many copper gong sets.

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Oficial name:

Cham

Other name:

Champa,

Chiem, Chiem

Thanh,...

Population:

about 160.000

people.

Language:

Malayo-

Polynesian

Place of

residence:

Ninh Thuan,

Binh Thuan,

An Giang, Tay

Ninh, ...

Historical

origin: Cham

people live in

Central coast

for long time.

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Considersed to be the most

important building in the Village

Area III, Cham Towers includes:

The main tower- Kalan: Located in

the central of the Cham tower

populations, it is considered to be a

temple where king live.

The fire tower- Kosaga: The kitchen

and a ware house to keep the rice

and foods.

The gate tower- Gopura: the living

room where king welcome guests.

Celebrating yard: the place where

people celebrate many important

festivals in a year.

A C T I V I T I E S

The night to

honor the

cultures of

Vietnam Ethnic

groups

Opening the

Northern

Highland Market

The visting of

candidates of

Miss Ethnic

Vietnam

The visiting the

Red Dao ethnic

village of

President Truong

Tan Sang

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The camp fire night

of Ho Chi Minh

Communist Youth

Union

The Ethnic Vietnam

festival

The visiting of

veterans from

Hanoi

Reappearing the

Southern Floating

Market

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S E R V I C E S

Museum -- the place reappear the costumes and

materials of some ethnic groups

Resort service

houses

The stopover

place

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S E R V I C E S

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COSTUMES

DOs

When coming into a

Pagoda, you need to

wear long clothes, cover

your neck and walk

quitely. As with

Buddhists, one must

wear Buddha shirt when

coming into the Buddha

shrine inside Pagoda.

Avoid wearing short

sleeves shirt, sleevelest

shirts, short pants, short

skirts or anything that

may be seem as rude or

disrespectful to the

Pagoda or the Monks.

VOCATIVE DOs

Coming into the pagoda,

one should use the name

“Buddha Amitabha”

instead of the real name

in order to greet Monks

within the pagoda. Also

at the time of departure,

one should also use this

sentence to say goodbye.

Merit is unlimitted

forboth the visitors and

the Pagoda.

D N’Ts

No swearing or saying

dirty things within the

pagoda. No running,

talking, commenting,

sitting or lying down in

or near the Buddha

shrine. No sneezing or

spitting around the

Buddha shrine.

D N’Ts

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1.Dong Mo Resort and Spa

Dong Mo village- Son Tay town- Ha Noi city

2. Duong Lam ancient village

Duong Lam village- Son Tay town- Ha Noi city

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3. Son Tay ancient citedal

Son Tay town center- Hanoi city

4. Da Waterfall Ecological Tourist Area

Van Hoa village- Ba Vi district- Hanoi city

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C O N T E N T

Map ...................................................... 1

General information ............................. 2

Village area I ........................................ 4

Muong Ethnic village ........................... 6

Thai Ethnic village ............................... 8

Village area II ...................................... 10

Bana Ethnic village ............................. 12

Brau Ethnic village .......................... .... 14

Village area III ..................................... 18

Khmer Ethnic village ........................... 20

Cham Ethnic village ............................ 22

Activities .............................................. 24

Services ............................................... 26

DOs & DON’Ts .................................... 29

Other neighboring areas ........................... 30

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