Located North of Vietnam, close to China border, accessible by train from Lao Cai city !
The road from Sapa Vietnam to Cat Cat village is full hilly terrain, with full of terraced paddy fields. A sign showing "Welcome to Cat Cat Cultural Village" tells visitors the entry to the village, and leads to every corner of Cat Cat Vietnam. A walk within Cat Cat village provides visitors a better understanding of the customs and practices of the ethnic group Black HMong who live there, visit CATCAT.COM for more informations.
Roughly 95% of the Hmong live in Asia. Linguistic data show that the Hmong of the Peninsula stem from the Miao of southern China as one among a set of ethnic groups belonging to the Miao Yao (also called Hmong Mien) linguage family. Vietnam does recognise officially the ethnonym Hmong and instead, clusters that group with an official and wider group: the Miao (8,940,116 in 2000). This explains why there is no precise census data on the Hmong in China. Linguistically and culturally speaking, the Hmong and the other sub-groups of the Miao have little in common.
In old traditions, HMong people used wood to build their homes and roof the building with sawn timber. The houses usually consists of 3 rooms with 3 doors, the main door being opened for HMong people major events. The HMong people are also skilled at making gold and silver jewelry which can be purchased in Cat Cat village, Vietnam. Visit Cat Cat village in Vietnam or online at CATCAT.COM
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