Vietnam An expatriate who is a professor who teaches at the University of Washington, USA, has to think well of the Non La: "I went to all four corners of heaven, have seen many types of hats, helmet type many countries and many ethnic minorities, but have not seen any hats include simple enough shades, dapper, graceful, charming, simple and practical as Vietnam Non La "(Nguyen Thi Hoang Tam , World Magazine, No. 2, June 11-1995).
For the people of Quang Nam, if not made of foil hats are hats and caps two words are used equally, for example: straw hat - straw hats, or hats of felt - felt hats.
Conical looks simple, but to make it truly Non La elaborately and meticulously. Milliner items include: leaves, cones and frames only. Leaves are taken from two plants like palm trees, with small jellyfish that grows in the mountains. One type is called leaf to (name is du provided chlorophyll). Another category is the leaf or leaf hat hold (name is Bodhi provided chlorophyll), soft and thinner. Quang Nam villagers used two days before the leaves and leaf cone to above, depending on the nature leaves: young leaves are used as soft and thin cone; Older leaves are thick and hard ribbed then used to, called robe, ie the day before rainwear.
With other types of young leaf buds, not necessarily fan out, it dried, but do not let it dry too, and took careful board. One "board" by taking a rag soaked, bring them on fire to light up the heat before rub leaves to "board" for leaf veins straight and the road surface is equal to the leaves, hung up each beam segment to holding leaf straight.
Sewing thread fibers leaves usually charge (Hue, the thread used the slope).
Hat frames usually by skilled craftsmen make available expertise, with 16 rims (also different from a cone Hue, especially for the nuns teams, as many as 18 rims).
After the bamboo is soft and small circular Cathedral and a rim-bending puzzle to catch and put no frame rim (Quang Nam countryside known as mold), milliner ranked two, three leaves were framed board available. Roofing foils out, thick roofing sheets inside. Want to make efficient team hats, the whole leaf thick roofing. The Non La man plowing in one day before hometown team usually is this thick thatched hats. Broaching brim must also thinner, to hats team gentle, elegant. Final stage is Non Las: use only the leaves stitched charges very brim. Until finally the coronary coronary largest Non Las, the belt used a big bamboo, with bamboo rims, to clamp leaf in the middle for sure, the leaf from falling out and fiber tear. The garment or hat this final borders, milliner called coronary button. Garments must be careful a long nose, two short noses, actually are, but people in the industry call a mother of two children sewing pattern; a rather strange call, especially with the young people today.
Non La previous day, in addition to shelter, while the very charming ornaments, bears a secret lyrical Vietnam daughters. And perhaps no where is there more charming girl with long black hair shiny shoulders covered with long white flowing dress and hat poem as in Hue shy. Every day after school, of her girls Dong Khanh yore, with both hats undulating forest, beautify the streets and create romantic beauty shoulders Tien bridge spanning the river blue line. These girls are often shy Hue pulled his hat tilted made how soul must wistfully: "How do you know he saw that tilted hat? / In the afternoon clouds with sunny autumn where" (Tran Quang Long). And even characters in folk lyricism was also pleased to say: "The cup is the cup of intoxicating love, / love you Hats weathered top team". Because by the earth and sky that is the wistfulness but please feel free to ask themselves: "Love again stood behind forehead. / Long sunshine arcade or going to rain?" (THDV).
For the villagers of Quang Nam, ivory Non La with many uses. In addition to regular use to rain hat, shading, the farmer or the mother country, each time missing the road, thirst, only to look down river scoop cone using water, extremely simplified. League thirst finished, was waving hats fan to cool a little bit, especially when to travel long distances in the hot summer days. Inside a field, baby buffalo lying under a tree, the plowman uncle too, using veiled hat, so just avoid the sun, just keep insects from disturbed nap peaceful ...
Vietnam Non La, where only the material but also handy secret beauty of Vietnam culture will exist forever, I'm sure of it, although life has changed, modern but affordable too.
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Vietnam is a tropical, sunny too much rain. So hats headed projection is an indispensable material for shelter,.
Hats Vietnam has a long history. Photos forerunner of hats were carved drum Ngoc Lu, on rushing Thinh bronze jars at 2,500-3,000 years ago. Since ancient times, hats were present in the daily lives of the people of Vietnam, the country struggles through many stories and novels.
According to the development of history through the ages, hats and many changes of style and substance. Initially when no instruments to suture ligation, plaited knit hat. And as today's sewing hats have appeared thanks to the introduction of the needle, ie in the period they are practicing safe mode (3rd century BC).
According to the elders, had earlier been classified into three types, called cone hat neck ten (or cone three views), and hats top hats missed. Wide brimmed hat Overall neck, round, flat like tray. On the outer rim surrounding contoured shape makes hats like the gong. The heart has attached a small round wicker sufficient tight-fitting stretch capita teams. Brimmed hats widest range three. Women in ancient times often this outing hats Assembly or to the temple. Football is the smallest cone and also borders the lowest around. Previously it was classified under class cone of conical owners. These types of hats for the old man, with every kind for the rich and home offices, children's hats, hats for soldiers, monks hat ...
In Vietnam, both North, Central and South are the famous milliner region and each locality are conical in particular coloring. Laizhou cone of Thai people; Cao Bang hats of red paint Tay compatriots; Thanh Hoa has brimmed hats 16-20; Three cone noise (Quang Binh) thin and elegant Christmas; Go Gang hats (Binh Dinh); Hue conical light, thanks slat lined with foil; Bell hat village (Thanh Oai district, Ha Tay) is durable hats in most categories in the northern plains.
Raw uncomplicated hat. Where, too, wanted to be a hat to take leaves of a small palm grows wild, using fiber cone - a very tough fibers derived from tree barks hook (today it is common to use nylon thread) and bamboo . Hat leaf remains green when brought cheers commandments, are brought by taking a piece of iron is heated, put the leaves to use for years to claw flat. Moderate to high fire, if it was hot too crispy, golden fire, cool the flat leaves only the beginning, after the commandments same. One burning brimstone heating to white leaf out, while avoiding the leaf from mold.
Tapering Tube choose long bamboo, smoked hung up staging anti-termite kitchen, used as a round hat. Hats Bell 16 class rings. The number 16 is the result of the study, selected through the years, so far has become a principle does not change. They gave Bell hats obtain exquisite appearance, not too appears chunky, not luxuriant collapse. But the beauty of the hat, mainly driven by deft hands of craftsmen created. The mechanic is like sewing hats embroiderers. Bamboo ring is placed on the mold ready, loaded onto leaf mold is to finish the job of stitching. Sewing needles that are estimated as measured. The yarn used for sewing machines typically have lengths, different short. Want to sew continuously, most of the other fiber to the other fiber serial. And the talent of artisans village is the zone bell hooks fiber connector is concealed, made when looking at the hat just seen eight episodes smooth stitches. Wool yarn for each needle hook through 16th grade gracefully round the hat was formed.
While sewing hats, the girls are not forgotten village Bell seeks decorate attractive hat. Thanks easiest as they pasted on the formation lap cone flowers with colorful paper often printed and sold at the fair bell. More subtly, the only color she used in two stages trellised opposite point inside the cone so that can tie straps silk hat with the soft, colorful, do respect the beauty face girl under the brim.
The girl Vietnam as a groom hat ornaments, sometimes the object to exchange thoughts of their own feelings. It is attached to the top of a piece of heart cones small round mirror to the girls make discreet charm. The most elaborate are just drawn to sink beneath the leaf cone fancy patterns, or the image the bamboo, rice, lyrical verses, to see the sun shine on the hat poem called.
Vietnam hats made to prevent rain and shade. It is a faithful friend of the workers put in the most. But its uses do not stop there, it became a part of life of Vietnam. On the road or away from direct sunshine minute break while working in the fields, bamboo groves sitting girls can use the fan to dry the sweat cone. The well water in between burning pain, hats can become a giant mug of reluctance, or can replace a water pot that face into which the heat down. In art, the dance of the girls hat Kinh with graceful ao dai show the gentle, soft and discreet women Vietnam. With songs of Bac Ninh Quan ho singing, boys and girls sing for traffic conditions, girls are always holding the hat three games, it helped her hide her blushing face as boys sing remote allusions flung about his affair, she'd startled or discreet watch face your partner does not want to let him know.
Cone is a symbol of Vietnam, the traditional objects and popular all over the country. If in a remote place on earth that is not Vietnam, you suddenly see the white hat, which is signaling Vietnam.
