Thai Ethnic People in Nghia Lo

Thai ethnic people in Nghia Lo, Yen Bai are accomplished at digging canals, building frames and forming channels to convey water to irrigate their fields. Wet rice is their staple food, especially xoi, or sticky rice. Xoi is delicious and worth trying. They also cultivate other rice, subsidiary crops and trees. Each family breeds cattle and poultry, makes items from bamboo, weaves cloth and some families have developed pottery as their occupation.

Thai people have a variety of myths, legends, ancient tales, versed stories and folksongs. Their folk dances such as xoe, sap reflect the unique Thai cultural characteristics from the old generations to the young generations.

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