In love with LangBiang wild yeast
Without an appointment, I went to the village of the Lach at the foot of LangBiang Mountain (Lac Duong, Lam Dong) on the moonlight of last ten days of the month. It is a village that is considered by many people as "good wine and beautiful girl" zone. As for me, it was the "forest yeast" that bewildered many tourists...The tall pole, about four or five meters tall, was erected, and the wine was prepared according to the rules of Yang; All the mountain boys and girls have gathered, the sound of the horn and voice of Krajan Plin-the village chief- echoed. The procedures for obtaining divine permission have just ended, the songs greet distinguished guests, celebrating the seasonal festival, the sound of gong drums calling for rain ... started to resound, waking people up. Bending the wine draw, I asked: When did the Cần ethnic wine exist in Lach village? “Oh, maybe no one knows, it is already there in our epic. At first people did not know how to suck the wine, they just squeezed the milky water from the forest yeast and drank and felt lightheaded and seemed to be soaring. After that, the godNhím showed people how to drink the wine with a bamboo straw. Therefore, the Central Highlands people have the custom of inviting Yàng, the god Nhím to drink Cần wine first, "Krajan Plin said.In order to have a jar of sweet and fragrant wine, and when drinking it, and get a little drunk, it is quite a hard job. Ms. Sara, K’Plin wife, said that most of the women here know how to make wine. All kinds of rice, sticky rice, corn ... all can be use to make wine. But, LangBiang wine brand with has its own secret. It is the upland rice and the forest yeast (from several types of leaves, tree barks, roots and đoong plants) that has created a characteristic scent. "Do get drunk, the moonlight is clear enough to show you the way back home. That is LangBiang wine. You feel dazed but are still awake, "Sara said.According to old Pung Ting Póh, in the old days, making wine needed lots of efforts. Before making wine, abstain from "bed sharing", always refreshing and clean. Strangers are not allowed to enter the brewery, otherwise the wine will become sour. The lid is also elaborate, made from ash and water. When alcohol reaches its maturity, the fragrance spreads over the long house ... Now we apply new technology, everything is no longer fussy, the houses in Lach village are brewing wine for the holidays and festivals. Recently, LangBiang ethnic wine has been granted intellectual property mark. The feast of the Central Highlands have more opportunities to spread far away, with its characteristic, passionate scent.It can be said that, the wine culture is deeply rooted in the name of the land, the tribe and the minds of the mountain people in the legendary Central Highlands. Ethnic Cần Wine is the "spiritual " beverage, drunk in the immense forest and live in the cultural space of festivals ...The night was deep, the forest fire flickered, the gongs still wrapped the bare feet of the boys and girls in the scent of the high-class wine. The moonlight gradually faded, only fanciful LangBiang mountain form like a full breast of the mountain girl. I thought about the unreal domain ... Old K’Plin patted my shoulder, do you fall in love with the LangBiang girl? Indeed, not only in legend but also in this current space, the girls of Lach tribe are quite strange. They are really the C’rao birds of the South Central Highlands, like the perception of many people. "The girls here have a high nose, curved and deep eyes, beautiful shape ... like Apsara goddess in legendary stories. Perhaps, it was the "interference" of the Champa era, some royal people went to this land?!", Old K’Plin continued.I looked around, and saw Cil Rilin, Cil Dalin, Krajan Pheny, Krajan Loen (accepted in the semi-finals of the Vietnamese national beauty pageant 2011) and the 2007 beauty queen Jut Jui ... these primitive, wild forest flowers. Perhaps, no place can be compared with this place where women have such eyes, nose and beauty. Regrettably, now they seldom carry the papoose so people can see their full breasts!According to the monograph data, Lam Dong has mentioned the deep "trace" of contact between Lach people and Cham Pa culture. Cham Pa culture has brought to South central highlands residents the job of cultivating wet rice, gradually breaking down the sustainability of the traditional social organization in a closed village. In many fairy tales, they mentioned a difficult but love-story marriage, between Choi (K’Ho) and Cham Nai Tơlui Princess, or the marriage for a military alliance between K’Bung and Princess Hé (Chăm)…A coincidence or a truth, when K’Plin’s great-grandmother was named Sara, a strange name; and the old K’Plin wife and her grandson also bear that name.In addition to the reason of the interference, perhaps, with the space of vastness; the dreaming and fanciful south central highlands, also created the wild and friendly beauty of the mountain people. Currently, in the history of Lam Dong, there are many beautiful black and white photos of Lach beautiful girls with bare-chested, the old women who keep the "tooth grinding and ear straining" customs... Today, topless custom no longer exists, but the irresistible look of LangBiang forest flowers is still full of attraction. Innocent beauty is enough for the young men once to be stunned with the scent of wine ... easily forget their way home.Gongs, fire, wine andmountain women ... are the harmonious entities in the cultural space of the Central Highlands. "In the ancient K’Ho story, the first person that opens the jar of wine to drink, pouring water into a ceremonial wine jar must also be a beautiful, skilled young girl," said Old K’Plin.LangBiang peak is floating in the late fog. I was also drunk in the strong aroma of the wine, immersed myself in the wild beauty of the female e shoulder-bare, mysterious and adventurous under the moonlight of the last week of the month...
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