Can Cau Market
Bac Ha market, 10 kilometers to the south, is slightly more
commercial, selling handicrafts, jewelry, orchids, mushrooms, and honey. The
people mingle gaily, stocking
up on gossip and supplies for the coming week. Visitors
should sample some of the honeyed rice cakes, fresh vegetables or meat products
sold at makeshift food
stalls lining the market. Adventurous gastronomes can try things
like ‘thang co’ blood porridge, a popular dish of the H'mong, or pull up a seat
at the rice wine bars to enjoy the fiery brew, and laughter of the locals.
"Thang Co" Special Food
“Cho tinh”, or love markets, are now a less common spectacle.
Many claim that curious tourists with their clicking cameras have spoiled this
weekly tradition, where people would come together to make friends or
acquaintances, meet new lovers or renew ties with old ones. Young H'mong men
would play the “khen”, a bamboo flute, while a Dzao man might try to impress the
ledies with an enthusiastic “hat doi” (duet singing). Single men might lay a
plan to kidnap or lure his chosen girl to his home, a tradition in H'mong
culture. According to custom, if the girl eats the food he prepares, the pair
will wed. If she is unimpressed after three days, she will leave him and go
back to her parents.
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