The next step is making a frame from 16 small bamboo splints. After that leaves will attached to the frame. This stage is called “cham,” which is usually made by young girls. Hue’s conical hats are ...

Heading the new Pompidou's three-man design team is Japanese award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, who drew inspiration from a conical bamboo hat. "I bought the hat six years ago in a Chinese ...

Another special thing about it is that it is only held on certain days a month. Making a conical hat is a delicate process. First, thin bamboo sticks need to be bent into hoops of different diameters ...

A brim costs VND1,200 - 2,200 (5.2 - 9.5 US cents) depending on the skill of the craftsman in crafting and selecting the bamboo. Slender cords, sewing threads and other materials required for making ...

With his classic white goatee, vintage self-made fishing clothing, and a traditional conical bamboo hat, he looked every part the old fisherman he is. A wiry, spry man with a quick smile ...

Born with a congenital hand defect, Tran Thi Thuy, 45, is a unique craftswoman making conical hats (‘non la’) with only one hand in Hue. This past October, Thuy received a group of Australian and ...

The items included Chinese-style conical bamboo hats, Nuo Opera masks, bronze drums, Minglun fragrant pigs and camellia oil, as well as traditional folk dances. Visitors also had a chance to ...