Welcome New Year 2026 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism

In December, many attractive and unique activities to introduce the early spring culture with rituals, festivals, and customs of ethnic groups will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism under the theme "Welcoming the New Year 2026".

Tourists attend the reenactment of a worship ceremony of the Cho Ro people (Dong Nai) at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism .

The highlight of December is the activities introducing the cultural colors of the Co Tu people in Da Nang city at the "Common House".

The December program includes reenacting the Twinning Ceremony (Pro Ngooch) of the Co Tu people in Da Nang city; cultural and artistic exchange "Echoes of the Great Forest"; introducing cuisine and experiencing the traditional cultural space of the Co Tu people.

The highlight activities of the New Year 2026 program are recreating the space of "Highland Market - Welcome New Year 2026", introducing and performing traditional handicrafts of highland ethnic groups, the folk song and dance program "Colors of the New Year Market", recreating the Harvest Prayer Ceremony of the Kho Mu ethnic group, Huoi Mot commune, Son La province and introducing and experiencing the five-color sticky rice of the northern ethnic groups that are active daily in the Village.

The Highland Fair is one of the favorite activities of tourists in the Village. This year's Highland Fair recreates the colorful cultural space of the ethnic minorities in the highlands, happily meeting, looking back on the past year and joyfully welcoming the new year 2026 at the "Common House" with the theme "Highland Fair - Welcome the new year 2026".

The highlight is the combination of the joyful atmosphere of the market, folk songs, folk dances, folk games (bamboo jumping, throwing con...), ethnic cuisine, local products, traditional crafts with the colors of the Northern ethnic groups operating daily in the Village, the Khmu and Mong ethnic groups in Huoi Mot commune, Son La province and the highland traders invited to participate in the market.

At the fair, there are about 40 booths introducing local products, traditional cuisine and drinks to serve the needs of visitors. Visitors have the opportunity to experience activities introducing folk knowledge of northern ethnic cuisine such as colored sticky rice, highland rice rolls... through the guidance of culinary artisans.

There is also a painting exhibition area "Colors of the Market" introducing the beauty of the land and people of the highlands from the painting fund being stored and promoted at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism.

On weekends, visitors can experience activities introducing folk games, traditional crafts, unique ethnic cuisine, folk song and dance exchanges, etc. with groups of ethnic groups from the North and the Central Highlands living in the Village.

The folk song and dance program “Joy of New Year” with performances about the joy of welcoming the New Year of the people recreates the joyful atmosphere of the New Year. In addition, the program introducing the reunion dinner on the last day of the year is also an attractive highlight. Each village with people living and working in the Village will introduce the typical dishes of their ethnic group on holidays and Tet. The group of ethnic people who are working every day will prepare 16 dishes containing the beauty of traditional culinary culture and wishes to dispel bad luck in the old year, praying for a prosperous new year.

HA CHI

Source: https://nhandan.vn/chao-nam-moi-2026-tai-lang-van-hoa-du-lich-cac-dan-toc-viet-nam-post926745.html