The majority of Lu ethnic group is mainly living in Phong Tho, Tan Uyen, Lai Chau province, they specialize in growing wet rice and taking care of corn, sweet potatos and cassava. Otherwise, Lu people deeply understand to cultivate cottons because women are good at sewing , embroidering, creating home – made outfits. It is wonderful to let another ethnic group know Lu people are able to make traditional dying brocade, especially, the future bride spent time to prepare authentic outfits includes shirt, hankerchief.
The standard to evalute the women’s beauty is to dye black teeth. From youngage to the elderly, Lu’s ethnic group all dye their teeth black to perform their beauty. In the old days, young ladies expect to get married were not able to skip this black teeth dying affair. The charming smiles seem to be shining with black dying teeth in community.
Mr Lo Van Ngan, a Lu man living in Hon village, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province explained : “The authentic affair is original from their concepts to pay attention to women’s beauty. The beautiful smile requires black teeth. The more a lady owns more numerous black teeth, the more young man keep their eyes on this lady. As soon as they dye black teeth, they have duty to maintain this natural until the last day of their life”.
Local people continue taking care of this colour in order to reserve this affair. Although, no one know how long it is but this affair is compulsary. After dinner, the lady is sitting in front of kitchen in order to dye natural black colour.
Many ladies still preserve this wonderful affair cause they feel eager to do it. It takes an hour to guarantee this natural beauty . Citizens may feel it backwards because they do not know Lu people expect to preserve this unique affair without hesitation. This method help them protect their teeth or tooth decay.
People put wings of ants into a mortar then pound them small,then squeeze lemon juice into a liquid to put them into two palm leaves for one week. Before the bedtime, these two leaves are put onto their teeth. So, they avoid from chewing and dyeing this authentic method till turn to red colour. The next step is to blend red liquid with black dying medicine. Continously , they need to keep their teeth black non – stop