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Mong ethnic culture festival 2017 held in Ha Giang

Thousands of tourists flocked to the 2017 culture festival of Mong ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from February 4-5.
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Ha Giang (VNA) – Thousands of tourists flockedto the 2017 culture festival of Mong ethnic people in the northern mountainousprovince of Ha Giang from February 4-5.

The annual event in Meo Vac district, the third of its kind,aims to preserve the traditional cultural values of Mong ethnic group, saidChairman of the district’s People’s Committee Nguyen Cao Cuong.

A highlight of the festival was an art programme featuringthe cultural diversity of Mong ethnic residents in Dong Van stone plateau.

Visitors could participate in various traditional culturaland sport activities as well as enjoy local food specialties.

Mong ethnic people comprise of nearly 80 percent of the totalpopulation in Meo Vac district, one of the four districts in the Dong Van stoneplateau, which was recognised as a member of the Global Network of NationalGeoparks in 2010./.

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