FINAL SPEAKING

TEST 1
Nguyen Duc Duy - 9A2
 Contents in the presentation
1. Introduction
2. Location and history of conical hat making village
3. How the conical hat is made
4. Present status of the conical hat

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 Introduction

In Vietnam, there are many traditional handicrafts like

Dong Ho paintings, marble sculptures, lanterns, etc. …
One of the traditional handicrafts that I like the most is the
conical hats.

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Location and
history of conical
hat making village
When you think about the conical hat,
the first thing you think is the region of
Hue. Conical hat making has been a
traditional craft there of hundreds of
years, and there are many craft villages
like Da Le, Phu Cam and Doc So.
However, Tay Ho village is the most
famous because it is the birthplace of Conical hats
the conical hat in Hue. It is a village on
the blank of the Nhu Y River, 12km
 How the conical hat is made
Nowadays, many people in Viet Nam use hats made from cloth or
plastic but many people still prefer wearing hats made from leaves.
They say it's more comfortable and cooler to wear conical hats. A
conical hat looks simple but the hat makers have to follow 15
stages, from going to the forests to collect special leaves, choosing
the quality ones, drying and ironing them to making frames, etc.
Conical hats always have two layers of leaves. Hat makers must be
very skilful to make the two layers very thin. In Hue, the artisans
make special conical hats by adding poems or paintings of Hue
between the two layers to create famous Bai tho or poetic conical
hats. Making conical hats now represents one of the traditional
crafts of Viet Nam.
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 Stages in making conical hats

Going to Drying and

the forests Choosing ironing
More
Step 1 to collect Step 2 the quality Step 3 them to
special ones making steps…
leaves frames

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 Making conical hats
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 Present status of the conical hats
Conical hat making in the
village had been passed
down from generation to
generation because
everybody, young or old,
can take part in the process.
It is a well-known
handicraft, not only in
Vietnam, but all around the
world. Foreigners wearing Vietnamese
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Thank you for
listening