300 artists and students from 12 ethnic groups will take part in
the event.
The New Year market fair of the Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha
Giang province will be re-created during the festival. Here visitors will taste
local dishes, enjoy folk music and games, and get acquainted with ethnic
minority culture.
Nguyen Thanh Son, an official of the National Village for Ethnic
Culture and Tourism, said, "We have organized festivals celebrating National
Day on September 2 for 4 consecutive years. The highlight is the mountain
market fair where ethnic people sell their specialties and engage in exchanges
to enhance unity.”
There will be a photo exhibition featuring the life of people on
the Dong Van Karst Plateau. A pair of pan-pipes,
A traditional boat race of Phu Tho province will be re-enacted,
demonstrating the martial spirit and resilience of Vietnamese people and
rekindling the spirit of "remembering the source of the water we drink”.
Nguyen Thanh Son said, "The festival intends to bring together
the people of the mountains and the people of the plains. The market fair of
the Dong Van Karst Plateau will include a Mong panpipe festival and Phu Tho
boat racing.”
The organizing board
will reenact a full-moon festival of the Dao ethnic people in Ba Vi district to
pay tribute to the deceased. Two historical documentary films – "Vietnam and Ho
Chi Minh” and "Motherland gives us all” – will be screened.
Source: VOV
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