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Hoa Binh Province is famous for its diverse cultures and breathtaking natural views. Visiting Hoa Binh, tourists often travel Mai Chau, a popular tourist destination in the province.
Travelling 70km from Hanoi to Hoa Binh Township, visitors must travel another 60km from Hoa Binh to arrive in Mai Chau. On the way to Mai Chau, the bus must climb the Cun Slope, which is actually a tall pass and mostly engulfed by clouds. From the top of the pass a beautiful view of Mai Chau District can be enjoyed. The district is a valley of green rice fields with wooden houses built on stilts. Mai Chau has a great many villages, such as Lac, Muong, Poom Coong, Van Mai and Xam Khoe, where visitors can have a good time with ethnic groups: Thai, Muong, Dao and Mong. The area provides an excellent opportunity for tourists to learn about the people of different cultures in Hoa Binh Province.
In Lac Village of the Thai ethnic minority people, visitors need to wash their feet before climbing the stairs of the wooded houses. Windows are open to let in the air and also serve as areas where the owner displays other orchids and ornamental birds. Thai women weave their own clothes. A Thai girl's worth is usually measured in the way they make the bed and the floral patterns they sew on pillows and blankets. Thai girls usually choose their man by looking at his house's stilts. Houses with stilts that have big fish scales and tails glued on them are considered ideal as the young man must be good at fishing. Thai dancing and singing is something that visitors can not afford to ignore. The traditional dance show for tourists starts at 8pm and provide a very impressive experience for tourists.
If visitors visit Mai Chau, don't forget to bring home some handicraft such as bags, skirts and backpacks made by Thai girls. Visitors will be sure to impress their friends and relatives.
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