Riding to the North of Vietnam, you will be attracted by the beauty of the colorful costumes of the Black H'mong

Riding Vietnam motorcycle tours with Vietnam Dirtbike travel to the North of Vietnam, you will be attracted by the beauty of the colorful costumes of the different hill tribes here. Sapa is always one of the best destinations in our motorcycle tours Vietnam. When you visit Sapa, you will see a lot of Back H’mong girls and you are easy to recognize them by their costume.

For the H'mong, in fact, clothes do make the man or woman, in this case. H’mong girls should have skilful hand. They have to learn weaving, embroidering, and sewing at seven or eight. The more they good at weaving, embroidering, and sewing, the more easier they can find good husbands. For ages, the H'mong women always the people who make clothes for her husband and children by hand. "You are beautiful but bad at weaving means you are still unattractive," H'mong mothers often teach their daughters. At the ages from 15 to 18, the H’mong girls should have had at least 10 beautiful dresses that made by herself and take them with her to the husband’s family. She will continue to weave and embroider for the rest of her life.

H'mong women do their jobs and very busy with a roll of linen fiber even when walking to the market, selling things or sitting or talking with friends. Flax makes a great contribution to the beauty of the Black H’mong custumes. So, the Black H’mong always said “"We grow flax for our clothes". To make a skirt or a jacket involves a lot of steps.

Normally, it takes about 3 months from growing to harvesting the flax plants. After harvesting the flax plants, the Black H’mong will dry the plants and take the fibers from their stem. Then, they crush the stem and boil and tear it into thin strips. After that, they will have the white fibers for weaving.

The H'mong normally use as indigo, saffron, and betel to make up the color of their costumes. The process to create the color requires patience and experience. The Black H'mong in Sapa District in Lao Cai Province always get their name because they are dressed in dark clothes that are dyed in indigo. Many skillful designs of flower are embroidered. A suit includes a pleated skirt, a jacket, a long waistcoat, leggings, and a pillbox hat. Besides all the colors and patterns, the H'mong also like to decorate their clothes with metal coins that are carefully attached to waistbands, leggings, hats with colorful strings.

Come ride with our Vietnam motorbike tours to learn more about the Black H’mong in Sapa.