Bao Loc silk fashion show in 2018, by Xuan Huong Lake - Da Lat

As part of the main event series of the 8th Dalat Flower Festival, on the afternoon of December 16, in Da Lat City (Lam Dong), the Dalat Flower Festival Organizing Committee and VietNam Silk House Company introduced the program "Schedule Bao Loc Silk show and traditional trade exhibition display area ”.

Introducing the silk fashion show at the press conference on the afternoon of December 16

Inspired by typical flowers in Dalat, 19 well-known designers, such as Chula, Cao Minh Tien, Nhi Hoang, Thom Nguyen, Tim Tay, Huyen Nhung Nguyen, Ngoc Han, Genviet Jeans, Ha Duy, Minh Hanh ... created vivid collections of traditional silk materials from 14 domestic silk manufacturers, of which mainly in the silk capital of Bao Loc, Lam Dong, to launch their works. they are on the occasion of Dalat Flower Festival 2019; with two performances in the space of the traditional Long house on the side of Xuan Huong Lake - Da Lat, on the afternoon of December 21 and December 22, on the Dong Nai Lake, in the heart of Bao Loc City.

Lụa Bảo Lộc với không gian nhà Dài

In the framework of the program, from 20-12 to 2-1-2020, in the Long house space on Xuan Huong Lake - Da Lat, visitors can also visit and experience the story "the piglet is full of sunshine. ”And the story behind the mysterious silk outfits, that is the process of producing silk, with dozens of elaborate, precise sequences, from mulberry fields to captivating patterns; listen to stories of Long Dynasty culture and learn about labor tools of the Ma, Co Ho and Chu Ru indigenous people in the South Central Highlands, live in the legendary gong rhythm and witness the pottery-making industry without table. The rotation of the Chu Ru people, collected, researched and connected by Ethnologist Dinh Thi Nga.

It is also in this space that visitors are immersed in the true moments of the lives of the three ethnic groups of Ma, Co Ho and Chu Ru, through the silk art photo prints of photographer Nguyen Hoai Linh. Here, visitors can also meet and chat with artisans, village elders or painted women, who are the characters coming out of artwork.

Vice Chairman of the Da Lat People's Committee Tran Thi Vu Loan said, with four main contents, including the silk fashion show, the display of labor tools of the Ma, Co Ho, Chu Ru and silk in the air. Long house, together with artwork on silk background; It is a new "meeting" of ideas, rich in artistic values, cultural values ​​and humanities, held for the first time at Dalat Flower Festival.

Exhibition space of artwork on silk background by photographer Nguyen Hoai Linh

With the theme of "Da Lat and Hoa", the 8th Dalat Flower Festival - 2019, takes place in five days, from 20 to 24-12, in Da Lat and Bao Loc cities, including 11 main programs and goods. dozens of response programs. This is a cultural and tourist event to honor the values of flowers and floriculture, promote the brand name "Da Lat - Magical crystallization from the good land" and promote the development of the tea and silk industry of the South Central Highlands.