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Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524] ’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’	 Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.440]
’Black H’mong girls-1.’

	East of Sapa, in Tavan village, these Black H’mong girls wear the traditional black circular hats of their tribe. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.444]
’Black H’mong girl with brother-1.’

	Black H’mong girl with her little brother in Tavan village, east of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.419]
’Embroidered universe-3.’

	The embroidery on the clothes of the Red Dao mountain tribe is a geometrical translation of the natural world that the tribe inhabits: trees, flowers, animals, people and stars. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.437] ’Black H’mong in sewing atelier.’	 Black H’mong women selling embroidered cloth in the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.423] ’Red Dao in sewing atelier.’	 In the sewing atelier on the market of Sapa Red Dao women are selling clothes and jewellery, working on embroidery and comparing decoration patterns . Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.435] ’Old Black H’mong woman.’	 An old Black H’mong woman is sewing in the atelier on the market of Sapa. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.388] ’Black Dao women under umbrella.’	 Black Dao women wear plain black trousers and jackets finished with a superb red ruff. The hair on their forehead is plucked (including the eyebrows) so that it cannot distract from the beauty of their clothing. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.410] ’Red Dao family.’	 At Ta Phin village near Sapa the Red Dao family of Zu-u-me (right) lives in a traditional house with few windows and a floor of stamped earth. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524]
’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’

Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk
Smit & Palarczyk > [VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524] ’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’	 Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk

[VIETNAM.NORTH 21.524]
’Sewing Flower H’mong women.’

Waiting for customers, these Flower H’mong women on the market of Bac Hà spend their time embroidering. Photo Mick Palarczyk
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