Black H'Mong and Red Zao

The Hmong are an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

The Black H’mong women are famous for making cloth from hemp and dying it a deep indigo blue. They wear long blouses decorated with batik flowers over short trousers, and wrap long scarves around their legs.

Red Zao tribe, pronounced Red Yao or Red Dao, is the second largest ethnic minority in Sapa district.

Their unique belief system holds elements of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Dao people worship their great ancestor Ban Vuong as their Holy Man.

Red Zao society in Vietnam is a patriarchal with dominant men roll in the family. Red Zao women shave their heads and eyebrows. They wear a distinctive red triangular shaped turban, decorated with silver coins and red tassels. A square piece on there clothing symbolizes they are children of God.

We also visited one of their local schools.Read more