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Pac Ngoi, a cultural village in Bac Kan famous for homestay tourism
Pac Ngoi Village in Nam Mau Commune, Bac Kan province, is one of
just a few places where the traditional customs of the Tay minority ethnic group
are still practiced.
Houses on stilts in Pac Ngoi Village
Their stilt houses, nestled against the mountainside and reflected in Ba Be
Lake, create a charming picture. A decade ago, the idea arose of using the stilt
houses and the local people’s hospitality to promote tourism. Now providing
homestay service has become a popular way of earning a living for Pac Ngoi
villagers.
It is 2 kilometers from the Ba Be Lake crossroads to Pac Ngoi village. Pac Ngoi
is located between an alluvial plain full of corn stalks and a range of rocky
mountains.
For a hundred years, people in Nam Mau commune have thought of Ba Be Lake as a
precious gift from Mother Nature. Now it has become a major source of income for
the Tay ethnic people.
Pac Ngoi village has 80 households totaling 400 people. Each stilt house can
accommodate up to 70 visitors. All homestay houses in Pac Ngoi look simple from
the outside but, in fact, are equipped with air conditioners, water heaters, and
free Wi-Fi access.
Hoang Duc Thuan, a freelance tour guide, told VOV “The homestay model in Pac
Ngoi is good. The houses are clean. The locals are good at cooking. The model
has been operational for about 10 years. The service is not as professional as
in other places but local people are very hospitable, compared to elsewhere.”
Tourists make Troi cake with locals
Ten years ago, Ngo Van Toan opened his stilt house to tourists. Like most
families in Pac Ngoi, Toan used to be a farmer but changed his livelihood when
he realized the potential of his big, clean house. Everything began when a
foreign couple who were researching the area around Ba Be Lake asked to stay
with Toan’s family and follow him in his daily activities – going to the field,
chopping firewood, weaving fabric, and singing Tay folk songs in the evening.
When they said good-bye to Toan’s family, they suggested Toan offer homestay
service to tourists and promised to recommend him to their friends.
Since then Toan and other Pac Ngoi villagers have been offering homestay
service. As the number of tourists has increased more and more local families
have decided to invest in larger stilt houses.
Toan says that what makes visitors satisfied is living in a friendly, happy
environment and eating delicious meals cooked and served by Tay people.
“Everyone in the village has lived in stilt houses for a long time. In 2004, a
company asked me to provide accommodation for foreign visitors. I decided to
upgrade my house. 20 other households in the village have followed suit. I have
10 private rooms and a big room which can hold a group of 15 to 20 people. We
provide meals for all guests. We cook it ourselves and they are very satisfied,”
Toan explained.
Visitors come to Pac Ngoi, which is in the middle of Ba Be National Park, to see
stilt houses and listening to Then and Sli singing, the typical music of Tay
ethnic people.
Jean Francois, a French tourist, told about his impression “Ba Be is widely
known. The local people are friendly and tidy. They cook very well. I prefer
doing homestay because the locals cook better than a restaurant. A homestay lets
me experience the daily life of the locals.”
If you come to Pac Ngoi in the spring, you can take part in a ceremony to pray
for bumper crops and good weather. There are also ceremonies for babies and the
elderly.
Each year, Pac Ngoi receives about 5,500 foreign visitors who stay 1 to 3
nights. The homestay service is improving Pac Ngoi people’s lives.
Source: VOV5 |
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