Vo Doi Forest Village relic site

Vo Doi Forest Village relic site

Location Vo Doi forest village, Vo Doi hamlet, Tran Hoi commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province. Currently, Vo Doi Forest Village Site has become U Minh Ha National Park and is located in the Ca Mau Cape World Biosphere Reserve. Vo Doi Forest Village was established in the late 50s of the 20th century. After the Geneva Agreements, the US imperialists increased the construction of their minion ruling apparatus to turn South Vietnam into their new-style colony. In Ca Mau, the Ngo Dinh Diem government also began sending troops to close garrisons everywhere in the province and set up a high-ranking apparatus from the province to the communes and hamlets that were previously liberated areas to carry out arrests. terrorize those participating in the resistance, restrain and oppress the people, and destroy the revolutionary forces. At the same time, America and Diem increased the concentration of people into "residence areas" and "dense areas", organizing population control in many very strict forms with the purpose of separating revolutionary cadres and "separate" people. fish out of water", causing the masses to distance themselves from the revolution, blocking supply sources and isolating and eliminating our cadres and soldiers. The "dense zones" and "residences" were set up by the enemy with hundreds of taboos and coercion to control people's lives, so when the Party's policies showed the way, the masses wholeheartedly supported them. , they left their old village and went into the forest to establish a new village to respond to the Party's call and stand up for revolution. Vo Doi forest village was formed with hundreds of stilt houses built of melaleuca wood concentrated in residential clusters on high mounds in the forest. From the market, if you want to get to the forest village, you have to go through many canals. Go to the edge of the forest to see the receiving station. From there, you have to walk through the forest for 7-8 km to reach the base. Houses in forest villages usually have an area of ​​20 - 25m2, with crowded houses the area is 40 - 50m2, built entirely of Melaleuca trees, Melaleuca planks, and roofs made of Melaleuca bark. To protect the base, people went to distant forests, selected large melaleuca trees and when peeling the bark, left a thin layer of bark close to the trunk so that the tree would not die. Cut cajuput bark about 0.6 - 0.8m long. When spread out, the width is about 0.4 - 0.5m, the roof can last for 2 - 3 years. There are some houses that use the leaves of the Mandarin tree (leaves that make hats) to form sheets for roofing and walls. The folding houses are covered with plastic roofs and covered with leaves, for short-term temporary residence. Houses that have the means to discharge Melaleuca boards, foam, etc. to line the floors. From one house to the other is bridged by cajuput trees. Next to each house, there is a drinking water well. This well does not have to be dug, but using a knife to cut off the surface layer of tree roots about 1m2, scrape off the leaves and compost it to get water. Further steam wells do the same but are larger and are used for bathing and washing. In the dry season, dig 0.4 - 0.5m deep to get water. Almost no house has water storage equipment such as jars, jars, containers... Regarding the organization of the forest village, in addition to the village elements, a management board with a commander, leadership organization, activities, protection, and strength building... such as party cells and branches are formed. Mass organizations, production groups, guard groups, construction site groups (weapon making), medical groups, education groups, arts groups... In the forest village, the military and people's love is a unified block, everyone People who only think about the common good, for the common good, put the interests of the revolution first. Forest Village existed until 1960, when the Dong Khoi movement was launched, our revolutionary forces in Forest Village combined with outside revolutionary forces to simultaneously attack the enemy, liberating many rural areas in the province. After Dong Khoi, the armed forces spread out and the people returned to their old hometowns to make a living, continuing to contribute to the revolution in human strength and wealth in the new period. On June 20, 2018, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ranked Vo Doi Forest Village as a National Monument. Source: Ca Mau Province Electronic Information Portal

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