Lao Cai, Dec. 14 -- To preserve their cultural heritage and values, and prevent traditional crafts, especially traditional costume-making, from fading away, the Pa Di people in Muong Khuong, Lao Cai province, are actively working with local authorities and agencies on preservation efforts.

Distinctiveness of traditional crafts

Visitors to Muong Khuong commune are immediately struck by Pa Di traditional costumes, most notably the distinctive upward-curving hat shaped like a house roof, which embodies a deeply humanistic legend about the community's origins.

Pa Di elders recall that to honour their ancestry and lineage, their people designed the traditional hat inspired by the shape of a house roof.

Craftsman Po Chin Din from Chung Chai...