Impressions of H'Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival - Pear Blossom Season, Bao Lac District, Cao Bang Province

On March 9 and 10, in Xuan Truong commune, where there is a famous 15-storey pass, Bao Lac district, province Cao Bang organized the H'Mong ethnic cultural festival - Pear blossom festival in 2024.

Bull fighting competition during the H'Mong ethnic cultural festival - Pear blossom season in Bao Lac district, Cao Bang province. Photo: Nong The Vinh

During the festival, there are many rich and unique activities, attracting tens of thousands of people and tourists to visit and experience.

Attracting a large number of tourists are the activities: Bull fighting, paragliding performance, corn throwing into baskets, stick pushing, mass art competition, and flute playing competition of the people. Hmong ethnic group...

Food stalls with men men (made from corn kernels) and many other local specialties also attract many tourists to enjoy.

Many tourists are fascinated and spend a lot of time taking pictures next to pear trees and mac cot trees (also known as mac coc trees, a fruit related to pears, but smaller), which are blooming with pure white flowers.

The border commune of Xuan Truong, where there is a 15-storey pass - the poetic and majestic Khau Coc Cha, is a new destination in Cao Bang province, visited and experienced by many tourists.

Pure white flowers next to a traditional stilt house in Xuan Truong commune, Bao Lac district, Cao Bang province.

Coming to Xuan Truong commune at this time, visitors will see many pear trees and mac cot trees blooming, the trees are planted around the garden, in front of the porch, along the roads outside the rice fields, on the corn fields creating a space filled with a pure white color, bright. Xuan Truong pears have a fragrant, delicious taste and are loved by many people.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the H'Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival - Pear Blossom Season, Ms. Hoang Thi Da, Vice Chairwoman of Bao Lac District People's Committee, shared that the H'Mong ethnic group accounts for 17% of the district's population, with more than 9,000 people, living in 16/17 communes and towns in the district.

The ethnic groups in Bao Lac district in general and the Mong ethnic group in particular are preserving many unique traditional cultural features in costumes, cuisine, musical instruments, folk songs, and dances...

Through organizing festivals to honor and preserve the unique cultural identity of ethnic groups; promote and develop tourism , improve income, gradually improve and enhance the material and spiritual life of ethnic groups in the locality.

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