Unique cultural colors of Vietnamese ethnic groups in April

A series of special activities with the theme “Colors of Vietnamese ethnic cultures” will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism (Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi), from April 1 to May 4. This is an activity in response to honoring the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture Day (April 19).

Accordingly, the program includes key activities such as “Highland rendezvous” and introducing local cultural and tourism spaces. In particular, “Highland rendezvous” recreates the highland market space of ethnic groups in the Northwest and Northeast.

Here, visitors can feel the atmosphere of a highland market, enjoy cuisine, traditional specialties, ethnic culture, and folk games performed by the highland people themselves.

The market space has a scale of more than 40 booths (33 highland market booths, 10 thatched houses and 9 water booths) and will introduce typical local products such as brocade, handicrafts, wine, spices, traditional medicine, dried bamboo shoots, cellophane noodles, honey, etc.

In addition, a colorful photo space of highland culture with more than 100 photos will be displayed along the road to the highland market and in front of the space introducing Lai Chau province's tourism culture.

Ethnic minorities will introduce their ethnic identity at the Village. (Illustration photo: Mai Mai/Vietnam+)

Not only enjoying the cuisine, visitors to the highland market can also immerse themselves in the program "Colors of the market" of the people with folk songs and dances with the theme of praising the homeland, the national identity of the region and folk games such as spinning top (tu lu), playing pao, playing yen, swinging rope, pushing sticks...

The local cultural and tourism space will have activities introducing the culture of Then singing and Tinh lute of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in Cao Bang province; the folk song and dance program "Proud of the descendants of the Dragon and Fairy" at the common house on the occasion of the Hung Kings' death anniversary; displaying and introducing tourism in Binh Dinh province...

In particular, on weekends, there will be activities reenacting excerpts of the village ghost worshiping ritual of the Kho Mu ethnic group in Son La province; the folk song and dance program "Colors of the Highlands" of the ethnic groups in the North is being performed daily at the Village...

The organizers said that more than 100 people of 16 ethnic groups are working daily in the Village, including village elders, village chiefs, artisans, and people of the Tay, Nung (Thai Nguyen), Dao (Hanoi), Mong (Ha Giang), Muong (Hoa Binh), Lao, Thai, Kho Mu (Son La), Ta Oi, Co Tu (Hue City), Xo Dang (Kon Tum), Ba Na, Gia Rai (Gia Lai), Raglai (Ninh Thuan), E De (Dak Lak), and Khmer (Soc Trang) ethnic groups will participate in the above activities.

In addition, during the peak holiday period from April 30 to May 4, the activities also had the participation of 25 Xinh Mun ethnic people (Son La province), 40 Ha Nhi and Mong ethnic people (Lai Chau province).../.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/doc-dao-nhung-sac-mau-van-hoa-cac-dan-toc-viet-nam-trong-thang-tu-post1024044.vnp