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Program on “One day as Sapa farmers in Ta Phin”
Presently, tourists have had chance to become an ethnic farmer when partaking in the
“One day as Sa Pa farmers” program, opening on May 3rd in Sapa,
Lao Cai. The new tour program in Sapa helps tourists to explore the daily life of local ethnics as well as to make the unique herbal bath remedy of the Red Dao ethnic minority people in Ta Phin Commune.
Accordingly, you are able to spend a day tour in Sapa with local ethnic people along with trying hands at the typical practices of mountainous residents. In particular, one of the traditional practices and customs of ethnic people in Sapa is the bath remedy of the Red Dao people, who are living in the small Ta Phin commune nestling in a stunning and untouched valley, 12 km to the northeast of Sapa. Red Dao’s bath remedy is said to comprise more kinds of medicinal plants than other Dao groups, varying from 10 to 100 depending on the purpose of the remedy. It helps treat many diseases, especially arthritis and skin ailments. |
Therefore, no
trips to Sapa would be perfect without having chance to take a bath remedy, which has been regarded as part of cultural identity of the Dao people.
![]() Herbal bath remedy of Red Dao local people in Ta Phin Commune, Sapa Except for having herbal bath remedy and brocade, the “One day as Sapa farmers” program also offer tourists opportunity to explore the Red Dao’s traditional houses in Ta Phin Commune and to practice farming by controlling buffaloes and tilling terraced fields. Moreover, dishes with traditional local specialties attract many of visitors joining the program. Owned the unique cultural values, the newly-launched Sapa tour program to Ta Phin Commune is believed to lure more tourists to the town. |
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