Weaving cotton hammocks receives the title of national intangible cultural heritage

The 2024 "Cu Lao Cham - Red Corn Season" Festival will take place from August 5 to August 11.

The 2024 "Cu Lao Cham - Red Cornflower Season" Festival will take place from August 5 to August 11 with the main activities: photo exhibition and sightseeing tour of "Cornflower Garden"; Display of products and demonstration of cornflower hammock weaving; Cu Lao night program; Cu Lao Cham product connection market "Island delicacies"; Boat racing across Tan Hiep commune...

The "Cu Lao Cham - Red Corn Season" Festival 2024 and the ceremony to receive the title of national intangible cultural heritage for the traditional craft of weaving corn hammocks are events in the series of activities of the "Hoi An - Summer Emotions 2024" Sea Festival in response to the National Biodiversity Recovery Year and National Tourism Year 2024. The event is expected to be a highlight tourism event, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to visit Cu Lao Cham.

The red royal poinciana flowers stand out in Cu Lao Cham.

Hoi An City People's Committee said that in recent years, Cu Lao Cham has been known more widely as "the island of parasol flowers". Parasol is a sturdy tree that grows from rocky mountains, the more arid and sunny the drought, the more brilliant the flowers bloom, creating a bright red shadow that stands out against the sea and sky of Cu Lao Cham. Parasol has been associated with the daily life of Cu Lao Cham people since ancient times with the craft of weaving parasol hammocks.

Royal poinciana flowers on Cu Lao Cham.

Through many generations of preservation, with the artisans' love for the profession and the efforts to preserve and promote cultural values, the craft of weaving parasol hammocks has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national intangible cultural heritage: Traditional craft of weaving parasol hammocks in Cu Lao Cham, Tan Hiep commune, Hoi An city, Quang Nam province.

Photo exhibition "The beauty of red parasol trees".

Photo exhibition "The beauty of red parasol trees".

Photo exhibition "The beauty of red parasol trees".

Ong Beach - Festival "Cu Lao Cham - Red Corn Season".

Artisans in Cu Lao Cham are weaving hammocks from parasol trees.

For these reasons, the parasol flower has gradually become a symbol of Cu Lao Cham and is therefore also chosen as the main theme for the annual Festival, carrying the mission of promoting the island landscape, biodiversity from the forest to the sea associated with the unique indigenous culture and sustainable lifestyle of the people of Cu Lao Cham to tourists.