Xoe dance performance in the Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week 2017
(Source: VNA)
According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee
Duong Van Tien, the events are held annually, aiming to introduce the
locality’s culture and tourism products to attract more domestic and foreign
visitors.
The activities have enhanced tourism ties between Yen Bai and adjacent
localities, further promoting the localities’ people and cultures, he noted.
Tien said many activities will be arranged in the week, including art
performances, exhibitions, a Muong Lo cake festival, Miss Muong Lo contest,
performances of traditional games and tours for holidaymakers.
Notably, the "Yen Bai - Heritage journey” programme will be attended by several
famous people and a car show which will feature nearly 100 pick-up trucks will
be highlights of the events.
Meanwhile, the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will also feature various
activities, incusing a Khen Mong contest, a goat fight competition, community
tourism activities and a photo exhibition on terraced paddy fields by
domestic famous photographers.
Additionally, as part of the festival, the 5th paragliding festival themed
"Flying in the yellow season” will return to Yen Bai from September 21 to 23.
Paragliding performance (Source: the organisation board)
It expects to attract 200 Vietnamese and foreign pilots, along with 150
tourists joining the paragliders in flight.
Tien expressed his hope that media agencies will promote Yen Bai’s land and
people, and tourism strengths of the locality to help the locality attract more
tourists.
Mu Cang Chai has 500 hectares of rice terraces in La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and De
Xu Phinh communes in Mu Cang Chai district, cultivated by the H'mong people for
centuries. The local terraces are among the 2,500 hectares recognised as
national heritage sites in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism.
The locality is about 1,000 metres above sea level, making it impossible to
grow rice the same way as in deltas. Local residents grow rice in terraced
fields to stop water flowing downhill.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful year round. Visitors in March can
see glittering ponds before locals transplant rice seedlings from April to May.
After May, the hills are covered in green until the fields start to turn yellow
with ripe rice in early September.
During the harvest in October, the golden rice fields stand out amidst green
forests.
Source: VNA
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