(TITC) - A small village located in Quan Ba Commune, Quan Ba District, Ha Giang Province, Nam Dam Community Tourism Village attracts visitors by its beautiful and majestic natural landscape and long-standing traditional cultural values, imbued with the identity of the Dao ethnic group.
Unique culture of Dao ethnic group. Photo: TITC
Nam Dam is a long-standing home to the Dao ethnic group. The people here still preserve the traditional cultural identity, expressed through customs, folk songs and dances, costumes, house architecture, festivals and cuisine.
Dao women in traditional costumes. Photo: TITC
Coming to Nam Dam village, visitors would like to admire the beauty of natural landscapes, peaceful and quiet village landscapes, learn traditional cultural activities, and unique festivals of the Dao people. In Nam Dam, women still maintain the tradition of making their own ethnic clothes. Both men and women wear traditional costumes in all daily activities.
Peaceful village scene. Photo: TITC
Cuisine is one of the highlights that attracts tourists. The dishes with the strong flavor of the Dao people, the strong flavor of the Northwest. All dishes are cooked from the red-hot stoves that never go out in each house - an unchanging traditional cultural feature in Nam Dam. In particular, visitors can directly participate in experiencing the production stages, cooking and enjoying local specialties with the host. In addition, there are herbal bath services and medicinal products grown and processed by the locals. Visitors can also participate in the exchange with the folk art troupe performing on weekends...
Local people perform traditional cultural performances. Photo: TITC
Homestay accommodation service here is a favorite choice of many tourists. Tourists will experience daily life with the locals, living in traditional “trinh tuong“ houses that are environmentally friendly. The house consists of 3 compartments, the middle compartment is the place of worship and also a place to receive guests. The two side compartments are bedrooms. Upstairs are rooms for tourists, roofed with yin-yang tiles or corrugated iron. The Trinh tuong house has an interesting feature that is cool in the summer, warm in the winter. The temperature sometimes drops very low, so to cope with the cold, building houses that can keep warm is very meaningful to the people here.
Homestay in Nam Dam. Photo: TITC
In the years 2012 - 2014, Caritas (Switzerland) and the Center for People and Nature (PanNature) chose Nam Dam as the place to implement a community development project. The project has supported local people in developing tourism products through the construction of trekking routes, organizing tours, routes, attractions and homestays, and supporting local people in improving their tourism skills to welcome tourists.
Up to now, Nam Dam cultural village has about 60 households living, of which nearly 40 households are planned by the local government for tourism. Nam Dam is increasingly known by many tourists for its friendly, cozy space, surrounded by a system of primeval forests and fertile terraced fields. In addition, the traditional cultural identity of the Dao people here is still intact, expressed in every lifestyle, cuisine, art forms or architecture of trinh tuong houses. Here, all buildings are built from local materials. People try to recycle as much as possible, both reducing construction costs and creating a "green" and environmentally friendly space.
When visiting Nam Dam, you may be excited to learn about their unique way of managing tourism. Accordingly, households doing tourism business will contribute a small portion of the money they earn to the village's common fund, which will be used to maintain security and order activities and the national cultural identity.
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