Fire jumping heats up tourism week
Vice Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Sen Chin Ly said the week is honouring
the national intangible cultural heritage and traditional identities of
ethnic groups in Ha Giang. It also aims to popularise them and the
province’s tourism potential to domestic and foreign visitors.
The five-day event is taking place in the province’s Quan Ba, Yen
Minh, Meo Vac, and Dong Van districts, which are located in the Dong Van
Stone Plateau – a member of the Global Network of National Geoparks.
Ha Giang is home to five pieces of national
intangible cultural heritage: the Fire Jumping Festival of the Pa Then
people, the Cap sac (age-coming) ritual of the Dao People, the ancestral
worship of the Lo Lo people, the Gau tao festival (a spring festival
praying for happiness or longevity) of the H’Mong people, and the Forest
God worship ceremony of the Pu Peo people./.