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{{Short description|Traditional Vietnamese headwear}}
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'''Nón lá''' ({{lang-vi-chunom|𥶄蘿}}; {{Literal translation|Leaf hat}}) or '''nón tơi''' ({{vi-nom|𥶄𥵖}}) is a type of Vietnamese headwear used to shield the face from the sun and rain.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1264736023 |title=The World Book encyclopedia. |date=2022 |others=Inc World Book |isbn=978-0-7166-0122-7 |volume=20 |location=Chicago, IL |pages=366 |oclc=1264736023}}</ref> Nón lá is a typical symbol of the [[Vietnamese people]]. Nón lá is a common name for many types of hats in [[Vietnam]], but now it is mainly used to refer to cones with pointed tips.
 
The hats have been worn since ancient times to protect the wearer from the sunshine and rain of Vietnam's [[tropical monsoon climate]]. An image of the nón lá was carved on the [[Ngọc Lũ drum|Ngọc Lũ bronze drum]] and the [[Đào Thịnh jar|Đào Thịnh bronze jar]] around 2500–3000 BC.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://baotangphunu.com/nghe-cham-non-la/|title= Nghề chằm nón lá|last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= Southern Vietnam Women's Museum|access-date= |quote=}} </ref>
 
In Vietnam today, there are a number of traditional hat-making villages such as Đồng Di village ([[Phú Vang district|Phú Vang]]), Dạ Lê ([[Hương Thủy]]), Trường Giang ([[Nông Cống]]), especially Phủ Cam hat village ([[Huế]]), Chuông village ([[Thanh Oai]] - [[Hanoi]]).
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[[File:Thua thien hue agriculture.JPG|thumb|Two farmers resting after a morning of work]]
[[File:Aodai-nonla (cropped).jpg|thumb|Female student with [[áo dài]] and nón lá.]]
Nón lá is a common name for many other types of hats such as nón ngựa or nón Gò Găng (made in Bình Định, made of lụi leaves, often used when riding a horse); nón cụ (the type of hat that often appears in weddings in South Vietnam); nón [[Ba tầm]] (the type of hat popular in the North of Vietnam); nón bài thơ (in Huế,is a thin white conical hat with pictures or a few verses); nón dấu (caps with pointed tips of beast soldiers in the feudal period); nón rơm (hat made of hard-pressed straw); nón cời (type of hat with tassels at the edge of the hat); nón gõ (hat made of straw, grafted for soldiers in the feudal period); nón lá sen (also known as nón liên diệp); nón thúng (the round conical hat is similar to the basket's basket, the idiom "nón thúng quai thao"); nón khua (caps of servants of feudal mandarins); nón chảo (the cone is round on the top like a pan upside down),...<ref>{{cite book|last= |first= |author-link= Liên Chi and Văn Lê|title= Đại-học sư-phạm Huế|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pMeMOe5SIw4C&dq=n%C3%B3n+l%C3%A1&pg=PA106|year= 2000|publisher= Dòng Việt|isbn= |pagepages= 105-107105–107|quote=}}</ref> but the most common today is used to refer to the type of cone with a pointed tip.
[[File:Hanoï - Conducteur de Pousse-Pousse.jpg|thumb|A man's nón ngựa on a rickshaw]]
 
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[[File:Hat-making display - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC02609.JPG|thumb|Diorama of making nón lá inside the [[Vietnam Museum of Ethnology]], Hanoi]]
[[File:Making conical hats - Hue countryside.jpg|thumb|Handmade nón lá knitting in Huế.]]
Nón lá are often used to cover the sun, cover the rain, make a fan when hot. Sometimes it can be used to draw water or to store it. Today, nón lá are also considered a special gift for tourists when visiting Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.baocamau.com.vn/nghe-thuat/non-la-trong-doi-song-73319.html|title= Nón lá trong đời sống|last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= Cà Mau newspaper|access-date= |quote=}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://vtv.vn/viet-nam-va-the-gioi/du-lich-non-la-hap-dan-khach-quoc-te-20160113143249681.htm|title= "Du lịch nón lá" hấp dẫn khách quốc tế|last= |first= |date= 16 January 2016|website= |publisher= [[Vietnam Television|VTV]]|access-date= |quote=}} </ref>
 
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