Traveling in Ben Tre to visit handicraft villages
When traveling to Ben Tre, you should not ignore handicraft villages! Because these places still preserve the unique traditional cultural values transmitted from one life to another in addition to economic development.
The handicraft villages are the focus of producing products with their own identity. This is also an opportunity to promote the image of the country and people of Ben Tre to all parts of the country and the world.
In particular, handicraft villages are also one of the important humanitarian tourism resources.
Below is a list of handicraft villages that you should visit when traveling to Ben Tre
1. Phuoc Long handicraft and cottage village - Giong Trom
Located on the provincial road 887, Phuoc Long handicraft village in Phuoc Long commune, Giong Trom district with rich products from coconut trees such as: handicraft products made from coconut, woven baskets of coconuts, producing only coir, ...
Phuoc Long handicraft and cottage village - Ben Tre tourism
Visitors to this place will witness firsthand the stages of making a "coconut basket" product through the jobs that skilled workers are doing.
2. Hung Phong coconut basket weaving village - Giong Trom
Hung Phong (also known as Con Oc), located away from the mainland, on a floating alcove. To go to Hung Phong coconut basket weaving village, visitors can travel by water or by road.
Hung Phong bamboo basket weaving village - Ben Tre tourism
The coconut basket weaving industry here has been formed for nearly 20 years, and has developed quite strongly, mostly by household production. Thanks to a variety of designs, the market is increasingly favored, especially at the end of the year due to the need to make gift baskets, so products are consumed a lot.
3. The craft village makes only coconut fiber An Thanh and Khanh Thanh Tan
This is a new village developed later and has a base scattered in the province, especially in areas where coconut is grown. But mainly in An Thanh commune - Mo Cay Nam and Khanh Thanh Tan commune - Mo Cay Bac in Ben Tre province.
Craft village made only An Thanh coconut fiber - Ben Tre tourism
With the creativity and craftsmanship of the Dua people, many rich and diverse products have been created. But in particular, in these two craft villages is the production of coconut fiber products will become only ...
Only coir has many different types such as mattress only, sclerosis, twisted fibers only, rubber-coated mattresses, woven mats, carpet mats, floor mats, ...
Currently these products are consumed nationwide and exported regularly to countries such as Korea, India, Malaysia, ...
4. Projection weaving village (Nhon Thanh - An Hiep - Thanh Thoi B of Chau Thanh district)
Mat weaving villages appear quite early, operating year round in many villages in the commune and usually start from January to the end of the lunar month.
However, the production of mats is often bustling in the last months of the year, because at this time, people in the province and neighboring provinces often buy new mats with beautiful decorative patterns to use.
Ben Tre tourism mat weaving village
For mat weaving, women are considered to be the main workers, because they have patience and soft hands, talent, so they can weave beautiful, durable mats in the shortest time.
The mat weaver can sell directly to people in the area or sell to peddlers who sell peddlers in nearby areas.
