1. Overview:

“Muong Lo white rice, clear water / Whoever goes there does not want to return". Not only having white rice with clear water, Muong Lo (Nghia Lo) also attracts visitors with passionate and endless dances.

Anyone who has once been to the Northwest, especially to Muong Lo, but has not been immersed in passionate Xoe dances with Thai girls, that trip seems incomplete. Spreading so that the crops are bountiful, the trees bear fruit, spread in the passion of human love.

2. Location:

Located 80km from Yen Bai city, along Highway 32 will bring visitors to Muong Lo valley, which is one of the four great granaries of the Northwest. Nghia Lo – Western town is not only famous for “white rice, clear water" but also a crowded and long-standing residence of Thai people with many unique cultural features. Muong Lo – Nghia Lo is also known as “the land of Xoe dances".

3. Xoe Dance:

Xoe is translated into Thai in the book “Quam to muong" (ie “The story of the village") which means “car", “Xoe" is “car ke" to refer to a form of folklore activities. body of the Thai ethnic group. It can be said that Xoe is a typical expression of Thai folk art and has become a basic symbol and an important element in the specific cultural values ​​of the Thai people.

Muong Lo is considered by the Black Thai people in Northwestern Vietnam as the ancestral homeland, so the people also believe that this is the birthplace of ancient Xoe dances, the source of the Xoe rings. Xoe was formed and developed along with the historical process of forming the traditional cultural identity of the Thai community, it is associated with the life, activities, and expression of the material and spiritual life of the Thai people. When Thai people arrive in Muong Lo, the traditional economy is agriculture, living in groups in villages in the basins, along rivers and streams. In their livelihood to survive and develop, Thai people are always industrious and creative in production, conquering nature, and heroically fighting against wild animals. When completing a great work, conquering nature or defeating the enemy of wild animals, people hold hands regardless of male, female, old, young and dance around the fire to celebrate. That activity is repeated many times, gradually raised in both movement and consciousness, forming the spread dances. Thus, it can be said that it is from the natural environment, the productive working environment, the desire for a good life and the need for the spiritual life of the Thai people that formed the Xoe dances to simulate the activities of the Thai people. productive labor from land clearing, swidden cultivation, rice cultivation, water collection, and reflects the cultural and spiritual life of the Thai people

4. Activities:

Coming here, visitors can also see Thai girls with soft cotton shirts, velvet skirts full of youthful energy, as graceful as stepping out of the story. Thai spread dance through the performance of pink and white beautiful girls like flowers blooming, spreading drunkenly in the yeast of Muong Lo sticky rice wine, people hold hands and spread around the fire while pouring each other a cup of wine. Then, the tourists who have been to Muong Lo, when they leave, they will forever remember the cups of fragrant wine, the warm hands of Thai girls in the flower dances, the low-pitched sounds that attract everyone. People come to the ring and remember the earnest message of Thai girls when they parted: “Tomorrow is gone, Muong Lo moon, I brought it with me"

5. Tours to explore Suoi Giang Great Tea Platation Luc Yen and Mu Cang Chai discovery:

Tours to explore Muong Lo ( Nghia Lo) with clolourful culture and plus Mu Cang Chai & Northwest Vietnam Tours. The travel route is Hanoi – Muong Lo – Mu Cang Chai – Sapa – Hanoi. Travel by private car from Hanoi to sapa then the experienced night train to return Hanoi.