Location
Pac Ngoi Village has more than 40 traditional stilt houses locating on the slope of
mountains which surround Ba Be
Lake, emphasizing the beauty of this famous ecotourism destination. The
village belongs to municipality of Bac Kan province.
Surprisingly,
while the traditional stilt houses have almost been eradicated in many other
provinces, the antique, unique and original houses of ethnic groups are still
highly valued and preserved in Pac Ngoi despite the presence of
modern architecture.
Historical and Cultural Importance
According
to the local government, it is not the lack of money that keeps the inhabitants
from building new and convenient houses but the love for their ethnic heritage.
They strive to preserve and protect those cultural values from disappearing
forever, because without these beautiful stilt houses, Pac Ngoi Village is no
longer Pac Ngoi village.
Visitors
coming to Pac Ngoi are not only entitled to witness with their naked eyes the
most wonderful scenery of Northern Vietnam: a plethora of austere yet
interesting stilt houses blending themselves with the glimmering mist and the
shinning Ba Be Lakes, but also to stay in the rhythm of the Tay culture.
This
claim can be easily proven by the fact that visitors have to remove their shoes
once they step the very first steps on the staircase of a stilt house. Inside
the house, ethnic people gather around the gleaming fireplace, forgetting
themselves in the sophisticate stories about the economy or the politic.
They
create a world that shares nothing in common with the big cities where
electronic lights and high buildings are ubiquitous. They are just there, in
their beautiful social center, waiting to share their most interesting stories
about life with you.
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