| Description |
Boat building was started by Mr. Phạm Văn Thuông (Sáu Xuồng cui) more than 100 years ago. Every year, July 25 is chosen as the day to worship the ancestors of the Long Hậu people.
The two main types of products are canoes, 1m to 1.2m wide, and two-row sampans (rowing boats) with small and medium widths (1m; 1.2m; 1.4m; 1.6m). The product consumption market is provinces and cities in the Long Xuyên Quadrangle. After that, the craft village developed several products such as Cái Răng, Cần Thơ boats, Cà Vom An Giang boats, Long An and Thap Muoi dinghies.
Jobs are divided by gender: men take responsibility for choosing wood, sawing boards, flicking ink, rubbing, curling, shell, and bending parasols while women caulk bottles and fill jars; Children pull out nails, collect shavings, sawdust, scrap wood, bark, etc to sell to customers.
The canoe is built according to the principle of odd numbers, 7 leaves or 5 leaves (melon rind). Other types will depend on the width and use the appropriate number of "melon rinds". The process of grafting the "melon rinds" is called casing. After "vô be" is the bending parasols stage. The number of curves must be exactly on the word "Sanh" or "Tài " in “Sanh - Tài - Tử - Mạt”. The eyes of fishing boats are drawn in the shape of eggs, with larger black hearts.
To get a finished product, the craftsman must carry out many taboos and rituals such as pinning ceremony, launching ceremony, initiation ceremony, eye marking ceremony. |
