Lao Cai (VNA) – Sa Pa winter festival 2017 will be organised in SaPa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai from December 23 withmyriads of splendid activities.
The festival, which is one of the most famous cultural-tourism events in winterin Vietnam, is held in the framework of the 2017 National Tourism Year.
According to Tran Manh Hao, Vice Chairman of Sa Pa district People’s Committee,the festival will offer domestic and foreign visitors a chance to experiencecultural and entertainment activities related to the culture of local ethnicminorities like performance of traditional music instruments, folk games andlocal delicacies.
Particularly, there will be an artificial snow space in an area of nearly10,000 square metres with a slew of impressive check-in points. Sa Pa is one ofthe few places in Vietnam where snow will sometimes fall.
The town is making preparation for a street festival which will feature parades,ethnic costume shows, dragon and lion dances in major streets on the night ofDecember 31.
This is the second year the event has been held. Last year, the festival drewthe participation of more than 20,000 visitors.
Located 350km northwest of Hanoi capital city, Sa Pa is 1,600m highabove sea level, with the average temperature of 15-18°C. The whole town isdominated by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range which is famous with theIndochina’s highest mountain of Fansipan at a height of 3,142 m above sealevel.
Discovered in 1903 by the French,Sa Pa has many natural scenic sites such as Ham Rong Mountain, Thac Bac (SilverWaterfall), Cau May (Rattan Bridge), Bamboo Forest and Ta Phin Cave. The hilltown is home to six main ethnic minority groups, including Kinh, Hmong, Dao,Tay, Day and Xa Pho with various traditional festivals and unique culturalpractices, especially the Bac Ha market and Sa Pa love market.-VNA
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