A single gainr outfit, but also creates its own distinctive outfit. And bring the wearer pure beauty. Tay costumes are simply an indigo, characteristic of the pattern on their fabric.
In general Tay are often dressed in indigo dyed cotton, so their costumes are indigo, women often wear scarves, robe, belt, necklace, arms, legs, silver.
Black fabric on a white fabric is a blanket fabric, this type of decoration is common in the Tay-Thai ethnic group, where people also use a term to call the page layout. The pattern is like driving a dagger - meaning knit stripes, like the stripes on knitwear. Histologically, it is mainly suitable for weaving on looms
Traditional Tay costumes are made from self-made cotton yarn, dyed indigo on men's and women's clothes, with almost no decorative pattern. No one knows the brocade weaving of the Tay ethnic people have ever known, but only know the brocade fabric by their own weaving has long been famous for the beautiful, colorful and colorful people. family.
Main materials for brocade weaving are indigo dyed cotton and dyed silk. However, due to the price of silk is expensive so today weaving brocade wool has a lower cost to replace. The process of weaving completely handmade brocade and the skillful hand and the patience of the Tay woman that the Brocade should be formed form very special. From the self-made brocade, the Tay woman dressed in blankets, bed linen, bed sheets and especially the costumes of the nation.
The arrangement of the umbrella pattern with the surrounding borders to create other fractures. In the fruit boxes is a cartoon depicting the shape of the vegetable, pumpkin, which is related to the ancient culture, ancient beliefs of many agricultural residents in the North of Vietnam, in there are Tay people. The Thai, Lao and Lu ethnic groups in our country develop this type of decoration is diverse, rich.
Based on the type of layout a black on the white background like this, the Tay develop the decoration in another direction, put color on each piece of textures, each piece of aesthetics depending on the level of aesthetics. The lover's preference on the weaving loom, called brocade, is meant to be a local type of broccoli.
Brocade has a square shape to sew the net, can form the pattern of absolute posters, including the fringes and patterns of the umbrella in the center of the decoration. In addition to the box, there are variations such as eight-sided, square, rectangular, creating a richer, more diversified pattern.
There are rectangular layout brocade to make the blanket, screen cover. The veil that is located in the ancestral places of worship shows topics related to religious beliefs, such as adding the upper ridge - corresponding to the heavenly realm, with the image of the gods. the protection of the human life or the edge of the lower edge - corresponding to the land, the shape of the horse, birds are the symbol of life, plants, animals on the surface. land as the concept of the universe of folk.
In addition, there are many other motifs, such as the kanji-type letters, Buddhist scriptures-swastika, cherry, stylized Chrysanthemum, the sun, eight-pointed star, etc.
The colors are brilliant, the combination of high contrast colors are quite intense. There are a variety of deep, soft, or bright colors, different shades show that Tay brocade is not constrained in limited color schemes, showing the richness and variety of artisans for generations. , which are also markers of the development of Tay folk textile decorations to meet the needs of a diverse and diversified cultural and spiritual life of the nation.
The square structure of the brocade, the rectangular layout of the brocade for the blanket or the veil is set above the bottom - are the separate layouts in the Tay weave decorations, which the ethnic groups I do not have.