When picking me, people peel the tubers and often cut the base close to the ground. And I must also know how to chop it so that it is easy to peel off, because with my trunk is rough and hard, it takes half a day to chop my bulbs. When cutting, cut each leaf sheath from the outside to the inside to get the very young and soft pulp. However, I am not always good and delicious every season. Especially when I went to the fruit-making room, I could not eat, because then I cut all the tubers. According to Ms. Ly Thi Liu, Sam Tren village, Trung Tam commune, Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province, normally in winter, people just cut me off and remove the tubers, because at that time there was little rain, I also had little water. When processing, I am fresh and sweet. “It takes winter to cut me down to eat, but in the rainy season I will soak up a lot of water, not bad and sweet. In winter, I eat my best food, this root is mainly cooked with chicken and very delicious bone stew ”- Ms. Ly Thi Liu said. My 10-year-old tree produces fruit. Tao after being cut back, will remove the hard old kernels to get the young tubers, cut small pieces about 5cm long; Then soak in a basin of water to create all the yellow plastic, when processing the new white, for beautiful and delicious color. Yen Bai Red Dao people often cook soup with chicken meat, I stew with bones, and I cook sticky rice for dipping … Especially, the dish I cook with chicken soup has a very sweet and refreshing taste. To have a delicious chicken soup, you need to prepare a chicken about 1-1.5kg. Clean chicken after pecking, cut into medium pieces, marinate with white salt for 30 minutes, and stir fry for meat hunt. When it smells good, add boiling water to cover the meat, simmer until the chicken is tender, add the pieces to the pieces and boil until I’m soft, then cut a little ginger leaves into the island, then turn off. a kitchen. “In order for my soup to be fragrant, sweet and correct, do not season with MSG, because my own roots have natural sweeteners. So I cook bone dishes only for white salt. When I cook chicken, I add some ginger leaves to create a delicious flavor ”- Ms. Dang Thi Nai, Khe Giang village, Truc Lau commune, Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province shared. Cu me is removed from the old kernels. The root is soaked in water before processing. The soup I usually eat hot, with rice is very delicious. My sweetness and the sweetness of bones and meat make my soup from a tree of this forest even more delicious. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, Hong Ha ward, Yen Bai city, felt: “When I first tasted this dish, I did not feel its sweet, fragrant and refreshing taste. However, after eating the second time, the third time onwards, I like it very much, the taste is very different from many dishes I have enjoyed. Especially the processing is simple, not picky about spices but very easy to eat. Now, the dishes made from me are not only popular dishes in the rice tray of Red Dao Yen Bai people, but also become specialties that many people love and want to enjoy every time they come to the villages. village here./.

Family members perform the fire dance to pray for good luck and goodness. Each ethnic group has its own unique and distinctive customs and practices creating the richness and diversity of cultures of the ethnic groups in the area. The fire dancing custom of the Red Dao people at the beginning of the year is one of those characteristics … To reschedule up… The fire dancing custom of the Luc Yen Red Dao (Yen Bai) is usually only held on a small scale in the household. Households that practice fire dancing will be passed on from generation to generation. This activity is held every 3 years with the aim of banishing bad luck, praying for family members to have health, a good crop, good life, and a full life. To see firsthand the custom of fire dancing, we went to Khai Trung commune, Luc Yen district on the 4th day of the Tan Suu Lunar New Year. This is a locality where over 90% are the Red Dao people. Thuy Dieu slope winding along a misty mountain slope leads us to this upland commune. Passing the slope a large, flat green plain surrounded by limestone mountains appeared before your eyes. In that green plains is the life of nearly 1,500 Red Dao people. Mixed life of the people is the green color of the mountains, the white of the plum blossoms, the plum blossoms, the red color of cherry blossoms … All combined with the shimmering colors on the dresses of the Dao girls who are bustling in springtime create a poetic spring scene here. The fields, upland fields are also gradually “put on themselves” a lush green with spring sky and earth. “Over the past years, along with focusing on implementing economic development programs and improving the lives of people, the Party Committee and Khai Trung commune authorities have also paid special attention to propaganda and mobilization of people to preserve and upholding customs and practices with many traditional cultural values, prominent such as the restoration and maintenance of the seasonal festival, fire dancing customs of the Red Dao people ”- Mr. Hoang Van Cau, Chairman Khai Trung commune People’s Committee said. Rooster is an indispensable mascot in the fire dance ceremony. “Dance” in the coals for good luck Mr. Trieu Tai Quan’s family is one of the few families in the commune that still maintain the custom of jumping fire. This custom is like a “karma” that only in Mr. Quan’s family can carry out from generation to generation. Every three years, Mr. Quan’s family holds a fire jump on the occasion of the New Year. Before the fire dance festival, his family prepared a tray to worship and ask for permission from the ancestors, the gods about the organization of the fire jump. Mr. Phung Thua Hoc – The priest at the fire dance ceremony shared: To prepare for the fire dance ceremony, the host family must invite the priest and prepare the participants to dance about a week earlier, according to the previous regulations. The boys chosen to participate in the fire dance must keep their bodies clean, do not kill, and do not engage in boy and girl affairs for at least 3 days. However, today these regulations are no longer mandatory and strict, just before joining the fire jump the boys wash and wear clean clothes. When it was dusk, a large fire was prepared in the middle of the house, when the fire was almost gone, only bright red coals were the sound of gongs that started the ceremony. In the pounding sound of gongs, 2 priests began to pray for permission of ancestors and gods and read the names of those who participated in the fire. At this time, the participants of the fire dance sit on a bench next to the offering tray and wait to do the “spell” of mindfulness. Listening to the rush of gongs, participants enter the fire as if they are empowered, their bravery will vibrate, shout a sound and jump into the embers with bare feet. They even used their bare hands to throw hot coals into the air and began to “bathe” the fire. Participants will take turns jumping and charring until the fire is over. After participating in the festival, the firefighter’s costumes were only dust, dirty, not scorched, nor were their limbs burned. When the fire dance is over, the two shamans continue to do some rituals to finish. Mr. Phung Van Doanh, a fire-jumping participant, said: The first time joining the fire dance, looking at the red coal was also very apprehensive, only afraid of being burned, but when he was “allowed” by the priest, he was like receiving. More strength, somehow unable to sit still, just rushed into the fire. Having participated a lot, but I have never suffered burns even if I was small. The fire dance practice is practiced by many ethnic minorities, becoming a unique cultural ritual that has existed for a long time. In each community, there is a different way, scale and time to organize but all have the same origin from the worship of fire god, a symbol of life, prosperity, happiness and indispensable in life. human life. At the same time, it is an opportunity for people to give thanks to their ancestors and wish for a good crop and a full life.

The seeds are prepared. According to Ms. Trieu Thi Tiep in 2 Tuc village, Phuc Loi commune, Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province: By the day of good luck, people must prepare all kinds of seeds such as maize, rice, gourd, pumpkin, sesame, peanuts, beans, beans … and these seeds are put into the pan to cook so that the pests harmful to the plant will be eliminated. “Since ancient times, the Red Dao people have had a strict etiquette. Waking days often have to get up earlier than usual and prepare all the seeds that the family often sow in a pan to roast with the meaning of killing insects while still in the egg so that there is no muscle. The association broke out, causing damage to plants ”, – Ms. Trieu Thi Tiep said. After being roasted, the seeds can be eaten and spread to vegetable gardens and rice fields to see off pests. The hand spread the seeds while saying, “Today is a good day, the family has fully prepared the seeds and also done the eradication of pests. So I would like to send off the pests that are not harmful to the family plant ”. Get rid of pests by roasting the seeds. After completing this work, the new woman and her family have breakfast before going to farm work. The hard days are not the same as those of the Yen Bai Red Dao such as: abstaining from the god of thunder, the god of the wind or abstaining from tigers …, people are not allowed to do farm work, but only rest at home. , visit friends, neighbors, and especially do not make any loud noises. On the contrary, after completing the strict procedures, people still continue to do their daily jobs. “The grinds are not strict, like the great taboo days like the god of thunder, the god of the wind, or the day of abstaining from the tiger. On a good day, the family still goes to work normally, but before going to work, it is necessary to eliminate pests, that is, to roast all the seeds that the family has planted. This practice is still practiced by family and neighbors every year, ”added Thieu Thi Sinh, Lung Ha Hamlet, Phuc Loi Commune, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province. Nowadays, science and technology have been more developed, Yen Bai Red Dao people also know how to apply technical advances in preventing harmful pests and diseases, increasing crop productivity and quality. However, the strict tradition is still promoted by the Dao people here, such as reminding their children and grandchildren about a way to protect plants against the harm of their fellow pests from ancient times./.