The ‘Ga ma thu’ ceremony is the Ha Nhi ethnic group’s biggest and most important ceremony of the year. It is held in spring to pay respect to the ancestors, give thanks to heaven and earth, and pray for a good harvest in the new year.
The rainy season festival, called “De khu cha”, is one of the seven major traditional festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic group in the northwestern mountainous region of Vietnam.
“De khu cha”, the rainy season festival of the Ha Nhi ethnic people, is a ceremony praying for rain in around the fifth lunar month, demonstrating a harmonious behaviour towards the nature.
Gathering at the weekend market is a custom that Ha Nhi ethnic minority people in Y Ty commune of Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province, have upheld for generations. Most of the items on sale are handicrafts, vegetables, fruits, brocade, fabric, and poultry.
The 11th lunar month is when the Ha Nhi ethnics celebrate their new year, known as Ho Su Cha. It is a time for relaxation, entertainment, reunions, and passing on best wishes. The holiday lasts for five days after harvest.
The 11th lunar month is when the Ha Nhi ethnics celebrate their new year, known as Ho Su Cha. It is a time for relaxation, entertainment, reunions, and passing on best wishes. The holiday lasts for five days after harvest.
Despite the hardship of living in the remote reaches of Lai Chau province in Vietnam’s northwestern mountains, teachers always attempt to create a family-like atmosphere for students so they can be fully focused on their studies.
The 11th lunar month is when the Ha Nhi ethnics celebrate their new year, known as Khù Sự Chà. It is a time for relaxation, entertainment, reunions, and passing on best wishes. The holiday lasts for five days after harvest.
‘Nha trinh tuong’ (rammed earth houses) is a unique architectural identity of the Ha Nhi ethnic group in Y Ty commune of Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province. Only this type of houses can cope with the harsh climate conditions, cold and foggy, in this northern mountainous land.
Choan Then is an ancient village dating back over 300 years in Y Ty commune of Bat Xat district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. Home to 57 households of the Ha Nhi ethnic minority group, it is not only renowned for “nha trinh tuong” (rammed earth house) but also impresses any visitor with bright smiles of its “small angels”.
The 11th lunar month is when the Ha Nhi minority group celebrate their traditional new year, known as Khu Su Cha. This is the time for people to relax, entertain, reunite and send best wishes for the new year. The holiday lasts for five days, after which the group starts planting the new crop.
Ga Ma Thu, a traditional festival of Ha Nhi ethnic people in Muong Nhe district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien, has been named in the list of national intangible cultural heritage.
Activities themed around the “Colours of Vietnamese ethnic groups” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism from April 1 to May 2, to celebrate Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day (April 19).
The Ha Nhi people in northern mountainous Dien Bien province celebrate their traditional New Year festival (Tet) at the end of the 10th or the beginning of the 11th lunar month annually.
Every Saturday when the forest is still wrapped in dense mist, people from different ethnic minority groups gather in Y Ty market in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province to sell their products.
Y Ty commune in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province has become an appealing destination for local and international tourists thanks to its beautiful paddy fields and traditional forest-worship rituals.
The Ha Nhi people in northern mountainous Dien Bien province celebrate their traditional New Year festival (Tet) on the first dragon day in December, which fell on December 11, 2015.
The “Kho gia gia” festival, the largest harvest prayer of the Ha Nhi Den ethnic community living in Lao Cai province, was credited as a national intangible heritage.
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