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Season bustling jaggery

( Update: 13/11/2018 )

The people of the Seven Mountains (An Giang) are winning season jaggery to serve the needs of visitors during the festival days of January and chickened Ba Chua Xu Sam Mountain.

Today, jaggery is considered the specialty of the Seven Mountains and sonorous reputation. Do not know palm trees here since when, but ethnic Khmer to know how to get water, road wins are passed down by his father. Every year, on this point, the home of hamlets to bustling win jaggery, pervasive aroma.

To obtain jaggery water for convenience, we cut an old bamboo spikes, so long and straight, each branch leaving about an iron hand, and fixed columns on palm tree to climb stairs. When the sheath (cotton jaggery) is a long time to get water disconnected. Water flowing out of each drop of honey is collected in bamboo tubes or bottles hanging just below. Pour each can of water in a pot jaggery, Ms. Phan Thi Thuy (in An Phu Commune) cheerfully said: "Today Ray inspired jaggery water breathlessly. From early morning until evening, my husband climbed more than 100 palm tree for syrup. A win in only one season, jaggery, from October lunar lasted until April lunar calendar. Tet falls, jaggery prices higher. "
Mr. Doan Van Phong, jaggery Owners of Lan Nhi (Phu commune), said that every day, buying his base and won about 500 kg of sugar to supply all kinds of Christians markets TX.Chau , Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh and the northern provinces. This year, thanks to its cool climate to palm tree "energetic," high yield; jaggery is sold at prices ranging from 15000-16000 / kg. "In January, tourists buy palm sugar is very strong. You market place itself urged that the basis of delivery do not keep up. Jaggery is popular with visitors for tea when used for cooking or baking dishes are usually very tasty and aromatic characteristics, "Mr.Phong said.
  Le Thanh Phong, a farmer in vocational senior wins jaggery, said: "In this land of mountains, palm trees were brought to our income. Every day I get a stuffy shrinkage than 100,000. The dry season, the trees here are barren due to water shortages, new palm only withstand the harsh drought and cook the sugar syrup. "
According to Phong, investment costs for rent and fuel palm tree this year on average at the cook line should she have said. Pointing towards the palm trees were planted around the edge of the field straight, Phong said, he hired back of the Khmer households for 6-7 million / year. Season burning sun, trees for about 7 liters of water is 1 kg sugar beat, even in the rainy season must be 9-10 liters for 1 kg of sugar last. "Every morning, too, my wife and I went to get water enlist jaggery take home, if left to noon, the water will be stale and sour. Want a delicious batch of sugar to boil 5-6 hours compared to the road again. At this time, the balance nuom nuop traders. End the harvest, leaving hui basis, I make a profit of over 25 million, "he said excited.

Jaggery career wins have worked closely with her life the Seven Mountains region. It is through this profession that so many families have a stable source of income. According to the Department of Trade and Industry H.Tinh minutes, there were 1,000 households on the production and processing of palm sugar; including the majority ethnic Khmer, concentrated in the communes of Vinh Trung, An Phu, Van Church, Nhon Hung, Tan Loi and An Cu. To maintain brand jaggery, the years, the range has supported H.Tinh households trademark registration protection products. Recently, the village of Phu Nhut (Phu commune) has been recognized as the provinces of An Giang village jaggery processing.