Impressions of the H'Mông Ethnic Culture Festival

The festival featured a variety of rich and unique activities, attracting tens of thousands of locals and tourists to visit and experience. Particularly captivating were activities such as bullfighting competitions, paragliding demonstrations, corn-throwing competitions, stick-pushing contests, folk art performances, and H'Mông ethnic group's flute-playing competitions. Food stalls offering dishes like "men men" (made from corn kernels) and many other local specialties also attracted many visitors. Many tourists were captivated and spent time taking photos beside the pear and "mac cot" trees (also known as "mac cop" trees, a type of fruit related to pears but smaller), which were blooming with pristine white flowers. Xuan Truong border commune, home to the picturesque and majestic Khau Coc Cha pass, is a new destination in Cao Bang province, attracting many tourists seeking to explore and experience its beauty.

The pristine white flowers bloom alongside traditional stilt houses in Xuan Truong commune, Bao Lac district, Cao Bang province.

Visiting Xuan Truong commune at this time of year, tourists will encounter many pear and mac cot trees in bloom. These trees are planted around gardens, in front of houses, along roads in the rice fields, and on corn fields, creating a space filled with a pristine, bright white color. Xuan Truong pears are fragrant, delicious, and popular. In her opening remarks at the H'Mong Ethnic Culture Festival - Pear Blossom Season, Ms. Hoang Thi Da, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bao Lac district, shared that the H'Mong ethnic group accounts for 17% of the district's population, with over 9,000 people living in 16 out of 17 communes and towns in the district. The ethnic groups of Bao Lac district in general, and the H'Mong ethnic group in particular, are preserving many unique traditional cultural features in their clothing, cuisine, musical instruments, folk songs, and folk dances… The festival aims to honor and preserve the unique cultural identity of these ethnic groups. To promote and develop tourism , improve income, and gradually improve and enhance the material and spiritual lives of ethnic minorities in the locality.

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