Festive activities celebrate National Reunification Day

‘Con’ throwing, a traditional community game among Thai, Muong, Tay and Mong ethnic groups (Photo: baotintuc.vn)

NDO – Unique traditional cultural activities practiced by ethnic groups will be featured at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from April 28 to May 3.

The festive days, held to celebrate the Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30), will see the participation of Mong, Tay, Nung, Muong, Thai and Dao groups from the northern mountainous provinces of Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Hoa Binh, Son La, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan and Hanoi’s Ba Vi district.

Visitors will be amused with the groups’ folk games such as swing, con (a ball made from colourful fabric pieces covering a handful of rice and cotton seeds) throwing, stick pushing, folklore songs, dances, and a goat fighting competition of Ha Giang province’s Mong ethnic group.

A 30-booth rural market displaying indigenous products and dishes of the localities and a photo exhibition introducing cultural life, daily activities, customs and people in the northeast and northwest regions, are also being organised.

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