Abstract
Vietnam is the tropical country, which includes 12,000 flowering plant species in its flora. And Vietnam is a homeland of 54 ethnic minorities with a broad range of experience in using plants for dyeing, especially for food.As a result 43 species belonging to 24 families giving a dye for food were identified. Ethnic people have abundant knowledge in using plants for dyeing food such as processing, preparation, mixing plants to require colors. In the framework of this study, we report on the traditional colorant species in Northern Vietnam and the value of indigenous knowledge in processing and blending plants to achieve required colors.
Highlights
For a long time, Vietnamese people have used colorant plants and, even they remain a part of daily life
Study site: We focus on high-density ethnic minorities areas such as, black Tai people in the Son La Province and Dien Bien Province; H’Mong people, Dao people, Tay-Nung people and Giay people in the Lao Cai Province and the Cao Bang Province [2]
Plant-derived dyes persist at the study sites for their important role in dyeing food and traditional costumes
Summary
Vietnamese people have used colorant plants and, even they remain a part of daily life At this time, there is no document or evidence precisely recording and describing the appearance of these plants. In the two wars in Vietnam (the resistance against French Colonist and the war against America), the symbol of this period was the farmers in brown or black clothes and the soldiers in green uniform. These colors helped them to disguise and hide from their enemies. Research is needed to document the ethnobotany of dye plants in indigenous communities and associated traditional knowledge towards cultural conservation
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