Unique way of using bamboo and nets to create "surefire" fishing tools in Ca Mau

In Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, there are many old farmers who have devoted their lives to making traps and nets for decades. They live with the determination to preserve and promote the traditional craft left by their ancestors.

In Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, there are masters in the craft of making bamboo and nets into tools such as traps and fish traps that "always hit the mark".

For people in the West in general and Ca Mau in particular, fishing tools often called traps or nets are familiar things that stay with them throughout their lives.

Making traps and traps was considered a traditional profession that brought significant income to people decades ago. At present, the fish resources are decreasing, this profession is gradually disappearing. However, there are old farmers who are determined to preserve the profession and pass it on to their children.

Mr. Pham Van Day (75 years old, residing in Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district) said that he has been involved in the craft of making traps and traps in the locality for decades; he said he is determined to preserve this traditional craft to pass on to his descendants. Photo: An An

Among them is Mr. Pham Van Day (75 years old, residing in Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district). According to Mr. Day, even he himself does not know when this profession was formed. He only remembers that this is a traditional profession passed down from father to son of the people here.

"Since I was a child, my father taught me how to make traps and traps to catch fish or sell them," Mr. Day said. He added that although this profession cannot make him rich, it can still ensure his life.

Mr. Quach Van Huoi, residing in Khanh Binh Dong Commune, Tran Van Thoi District, Ca Mau Province, said that from bamboo sticks and nets, craftsmen can turn them into "always-on" fishing tools. Photo: An An

Mr. Quach Van Huoi, resident of Khanh Binh Dong Commune, Tran Van Thoi District, said that the job of making traps and traps in this locality has helped him support his family since the peacetime . "The job of making traps and traps to catch fish or sell them, so every family can earn money," Mr. Huoi said.

According to experienced people in the profession like Mr. Day and Mr. Huoi, compared to other professions, making traps and nets is mainly labor-intensive, but requires high technical skills. Even the elderly and children can do it in their spare time.

Ms. Nguyen Kieu Diem, residing in Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district, said that during the off-season, she and many local youths came to her house to learn how to make traps and traps from skilled workers like Mr. Day and Mr. Huoi. Photo: An An

The tools used to make traps and nets are not expensive or luxurious. They are just bamboo and nets, but through the skillful hands of craftsmen, these almost discarded things become fishing tools that are considered "infallible".

Currently, many traditional craft villages in Tran Van Thoi district are in danger of gradually disappearing, but the craft of making traps and nets is still determinedly maintained by some people. With the desire to continue to keep the fire of traditional craft alive. At the same time, to pass on to the next generations the ways of catching fish that are typical of the people of the river region of the West.

Source: https://danviet.vn/doc-dao-cach-dung-tre-luoi-che-tao-ra-nhung-loai-dung-cu-bat-ca-bach-phat-bach-trung-o-ca-mau-20241108114933671.htm