Folk dance performances in traditional Ao Dai dresses on a floating stage at the "Rural Market Festival".

As one of the notable activities within the framework of the "Rural Market Festival" in response to the Hue Festival 2024, the series of activities organized by the Women's Union of Huong Thuy Town aims to respond to the 2024 Community Ao Dai Week; preserve and promote the cultural identity of Hue; honor the beauty of Vietnamese Ao Dai, affirm the brand of Hue Ao Dai, and thereby contribute to the successful implementation of the "Hue - Capital of Ao Dai" project in Thua Thien Hue.

At the "Folk Dance and Ao Dai" performance, through performances such as "Song of Vietnamese Women," "Come to My Vietnamese People," "Beautiful Vietnam," "A Tour of Vietnam," and "Singing About Vietnamese Women," more than 100 members from folk dance clubs in the wards of Phu Bai, Thuy Luong, Thuy Tan, Thuy Chau, and Thuy Phuong brought vibrancy and color to the rural market space, receiving applause from the many locals and tourists present.

After the folk dance performance, the women, dressed in traditional ao dai dresses and riding bicycles adorned with colorful flowers, paraded through several main streets of Thuy Thanh commune.

Women marched along several main roads in Thuy Thanh commune.

Ms. Ngo Thi Le Thuy, President of the Women's Union of Huong Thuy Town, said that in recent times, the Women's Union at all levels in the town has carried out many practical activities to honor the ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress), such as building "Ao Dai of Love" cabinets; the "Huong Thuy Women Showcasing Beauty with Ao Dai" festival; online ao dai photo contests; activities in response to "Vietnamese Ao Dai Week" and the event "Ao Dai - Vietnamese Cultural Heritage"...

  "Besides reaffirming Hue as the cradle and origin of the Vietnamese ao dai, this series of activities also aims to inspire and spread the humanistic values ​​and love for the ao dai of the people of Hue to tourists from near and far," shared Ms. Ngo Thi Le Thuy.

Text and photos: DANG HIEP

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/festival/truyen-cam-hung-qua-ta-ao-dai-viet-142503.html