Weaving sedge mats is a traditional profession that has existed for a long time in Bac Hoai Chau, Hoai Nhon district and some other localities in Binh Dinh. There are many types of woven mats: wide, narrow, smooth and flower mats.
Plain mats are made relatively simple because they are woven from undyed white sedge. The weaving of flower mats is much more elaborate. Flower mats in Binh Dinh do not have to be woven in white before they are used to print flowers on the background like some other regions, but must choose sedge yarn for dyeing and color depending on the owner. Red, blue, green, yellow. Food is cooked and dipped in sedge fibers, dipped one by one and dried. The colored sedge fibers, after drying, are woven into flower mats. Usually on a flower mat, in the middle there is the word "life", the word "song Hy", or the word "hundred years of happiness", etc. And in the four corners are the four spirits or four large patterns, the four corners around have decorative patterns of many types, the outer brace has two lines either red or blue, looks very elegant and harmonious.
Over the years, craft village activities have developed, creating jobs, increasing incomes, contributing to improving people's lives in craft villages. According to statistics of the Commune People's Committee, there are 1,525 households in the villages where there are 1,525 households engaged in mat weaving, with nearly 700 households making a living by this occupation. In order to improve the value of sedge as well as create more jobs, besides sedge weaving, Binh Dinh people also produce handicraft products from sedge such as hats, bags, foot scrubs. … At the time of application for recognition, the total number of households in the same occupation was 780, accounting for 51% of the total number of households in the village; the number of laborers engaged in the same profession, 1,525 people, accounting for 25% of the total number of laborers in the village;
The sedge mat weaving village has been recognized as a traditional craft village by the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province.
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