Cultural festival showcases ethnic groups

A series of festivals organised by different ethnic minority groups from the country’s northwestern region are taking place at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.
Cultural festival showcases ethnic groups ảnh 1A view of the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism. (Photo daidoanket.vn)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA)
- A series of festivals organised by different ethnicminority groups from the country’s northwestern region are taking place at the Vietnam National Villages forEthnic Culture and Tourism inHanoi.

The events, part of a programme themed Song Nhu Nhung Doa Hoa (LivingLike Flowers), started on Sunday and will run throughoutthe month.

More than 100 local performers of 15 ethnic groups including Tay, Nung, Dao, Mong,Thai, Muong and Kho Mu will showcase typical cultural activities at the event.

They arecoming from 12 localities in the northwestern region including Hanoiand provinces of Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang, Son La and Hoa Binh.

The programme has also attracted the participation of studentsfrom the College of Culture and Arts, and Dang Lam High School in HaiPhong, and the Photography Club at the Hanoi University of Culture.

They will focus on music performances featuring the beauty of flowers andlife in mountainous regions, such as white orchids from Son La province,the homeland of the flowers and the majestic mountains where 12 ethnicgroups live in harmony.

A garden of buckwheat flowers will also bloom throughout the month towelcome visitors.

The event will also display works and documents about thecountry's sea and islands.

Visitors will have the chance to enjoy a special music and danceperformance staged by youngsters to display their homeland’s culture andlife, showing a love the younger generation have toward their country andsovereignty over its sea and islands.

They will experience an exchange of traditional performances and folk arts suchas muaxoe (dance with scarfs) and nhay sap (dance withbamboo poles), and participate in local ethnic games such as nemcon (throwing a ball through a ring for good luck), and keo co (tugof war)./.
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