Hanoi to host festival of craft villages, streets next month

"To he" (coloured rice dough toy) making is a traditional handicraft of Xuan La Village in Ha Noi's Phu Xuyen District. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will host a festival ofcraft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 –16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts, according toVice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.

The festival will be held annually to develop craftvillage-based tourism and promote cultural spaces of craft villages and streetsin the capital city, Quyen said.

The event will also be a chance for traditional craftsmenand craft villages not only from Hanoi but also across the country to introducetheir products and seek partnership and export opportunities.

It will feature around 200 booths showcasing handicrafts,divided into six zones, including one for the recreation of Hanoi’s Old Quarterin the old times, with traditional silk stores in Hang Gai Street and “Ao Dai”(Vietnamese long gown) tailor shops in Luong Van Can Street. There will be demonstrationof traditional jewellery making in Hang Bac Street.

Separate zones will be set up for craft villages in Hanoiand other cities and provinces. That for Hanoi craft villages will representvarious folk crafts, including pottery-making in Bat Trang, Van Phuc and SonDong, lacquer painting in Ha Thai, buffalo horn comb making in Thuy Ung, "to he" (coloured rice dough toy) making in Xuan La and rattan andbamboo handicraft in Phu Vinh.

There will be zones for folk games and tradition cuisine ofHanoi./.

VNA