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Half-day village excursion (p.m) + tote bag workshop. Vạn Phúc silk village & Vụn Art
May 13, 2023 @ 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
400,000VND
AFTERNOON HALF DAY EXCURSION
SOME VAN PHUC SILK HISTORY
Vạn Phúc Silk Village (also known as Ha Dong Silk Village) is located in Vạn Phúc Ward, Ha Dong District, 10 km far from the centre of Hanoi, next to the Nhue River. According to ancient books, documents and relics the weaving craft of Vạn Phúc village arose in the 9th century. Vạn Phúc is considered the most beautiful and famous silk-weaving village in Vietnam. Despite urbanization, the village retains typical features of Vietnam’s countryside with ancient trees, wells and village markets around the pavillion.
Its silk was first introduced in 1931 to the international market at the Marseille Fair and was regarded by the French as the most sophisticated product of Indochina. In 1958,. Vạn Phúc silk was exported to eastern Europe and it has long been exported all around the world.
This is the village’s long-term occupation which sees villagers combining into its silk production line. A number of small businesses have merged into big silk businesses producing richer and richer products.
TOUR AND WORKSHOP
In this half-day excursion, we will explore some of the history of Vạn Phúc village as well as get to know the traditional silk-making process at some of the local workshops. The 2nd half will be learning about the craft of making collages from discarded silk scraps with Vun Art.
Vun Art is a local social enterprise (much loved by Hanoi’s community) which has created sustainable livelihoods for a number of handicapped people in the village. The Vun Art handicapped team will help us.
Each time we partner with Vun Art we find they have developed more and more sophisticated products and we are so proud of how the enterprise has developed.
RSVP
Images of the products we will make are in the google registration form. One person one product. Please complete the form and click on the section towards the end under Tote bag with rattan strap sample to select which image you would like to collage onto your bag. This is one Vun Art’s newest products
Please register via this link DEADLINE 7t May (we need time to place the order with Vun Art)
https://forms.gle/TaRqjagEBYLCDVei7
1 registration form per person
max 7 people
400,000 VND per person (1 price for everyone) to include tour and workshop and your bag to take away with you. All proceeds go to Vun Art and we always try to support this lovely group of people.
Those who are confirmed to meet 2.15pm at the village gate (detailed welcome note will be sent a few days before)
To make best use of funds within our standard FVH donation limits and given that Vạn Phúc is easy to reach independently – for this event we always ask people to make your own way there and back. It also means you can arrive earlier or stay later and spend more time browsing.
Vietnamese with ENG interpretation.
