Kon Tum’s culture, tourism week features various activities

Kon Tum province will organise a culture and tourism week from December 14 to 17 with the participation of over 700 artists from Central Highlands localities, along with central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai and southern An Giang provinces.
Kon Tum’s culture, tourism week features various activities ảnh 1Nha Rong, an ethnic minority communal house, in the ancient village of Kon K’Tu in Kon Tum province (Photo: VNA)

Kon Tum (VNA) – Kon Tum province will organise aculture and tourism week from December 14 to 17 with the participation of over700 artists from Central Highlands localities, along with central Quang Nam andQuang Ngai and southern An Giang provinces.

The week, the fourth of its kind so far, will bean occasion to honour and popularise the culture, tourism potential and otheradvantages of the central, Central Highlands and southwestern regions.

Organisers said the week’s opening ceremony willbe held at the March 16 Square in Kon Tum city on December 14 evening,featuring performances by many famous artists.

A variety of activities will take place as partof the week, including a culinary culture festival, a folk wood carvingfestival, the introduction of local tourism products, an exhibition of culturalheritage items, folk games, and a street festival.

[Video: Diversity of Central Highlands’ culture introduced at ethnic village]

Tours of destinations across Kon Tum province,including in Kon Tum city and the districts of Kon Plong, Kon Ray, Ngoc Hoi, TuMo Rong and Sa Thay, will also be organised for visitors to the week.

Meanwhile, traditional costumes of differentethnic groups will be shown at the closing ceremony on December 16.

Kon Tum, a border province in the CentralHighlands, has a population of nearly 500,000, over 50 percent of which arepeople from more than 20 ethnic minority groups. As a result, it is home todiverse traditional ethnic culture. –VNA
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