The Bo Y lives in the mountains. Their homes have three rooms and a front corridor. The edge of the house, which comprises of 2 joists spreading over various sections, is made wood or bamboo. The rooftop is tiled. The house's principle entryway is in the center and the house is associated with a kitchen through a littler entryway.
The Bo Y individuals were initially experienced in wet rice development. Nonetheless, since settling in the northern rugged locales of Viet Nam, they have needed to depend predominantly on slice and-smolder agribusiness principally developing corn, their fundamental yield. Moreover, every family as a rule has a vegetable patio nursery. Aside from raising domesticated animals and poultry, the neighborhood individuals are additionally included in different artworks, for example, material weaving, dark smithing, ceramics making, stone cutting, silver imprinting, plaiting and woodwork... and so on.
A run of the mill Bo Y house has 2 stories: the ground floor is the place the general population live and the second floor is for putting away sustenance.
About conventional custom, the Bo Y ladies wear numerous embellishments, for example, neckbands and wrist trinkets. In the past, Bo Y ladies wore full skirts like those well used by Hmong, or ornamented with batik honey bee's wax plans and colored indigo. The pullover is short, frequently having five boards with a bodice covering the mid-section and belly. Silver adornments are mainstream, for example, pieces of jewelry, wrist chains and ear-rings. The ladies wear their hair twisted in a chignon at the highest point of their head. Their headgear is generally an indigo turban which or ornamented with brilliant weaving.
These days, some Bo Y individuals have embraced the neighboring Nung's method for dressing. Some additionally wear shirts lie the Han however with removable sleeves.
At the wedding function, the Bo Y has stayed unaltered for quite a long time. There was at one time a custom that Bo Y could just wed individuals of their own ethnicity. This practice has been deserted and now young fellows and ladies are allowed to pick accomplices from diverse ethnic gatherings.
The wedding service of the Bo Y comprises of three stages. The initial step is to request the hand of the lady. The groom's family picks the two ladies, who are viewed as the most fortunate and most ripe, to request the consent of the lady's crew. After the engagement function, the marriage is concurred by the kid's and the young lady's families. The following step, the spouse's family exhibits the wedding presents to the lady's crew. Aside from sustenance, a few garments for the spouse are additionally included. The husband does not go to the lady's home; rather, the spouse rides on a steed to the groom, went to by the groom's sister who talks close by. She carries with her a couple of scissors and a little hen, which she will discharge to the backwoods at mid-way. They are prestigious individuals, who comprehend Bo Y traditions and can sing call-and-reaction tunes extremely well.
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