The image of players wearing "shorts and numbered shirts” is very familiar at the football tournaments. At Khai Ha festival in Khang Vat hamlet, Thuong Coc commune, Lac Son district, the fans, tourists and people witnessed a unique image when the Organizing Committee issued a regulation: the female participants must wear Muong skirts.
This special women's football tournament was filled with vibrant sounds and laughter. Although there were some inconveniences in moving and running after the rolling ball, from the beginning to the end of the match, there were many humorous and attractive situations, and many fierce ball fights that were no less than the professional players.
Included in the traditional festivals by some hamlets and communes in the Muong Vang - Lac Son region, this unique cultural and sporting activity does not focus on the professional quality but rather on the spiritual values and honoring the national cultural identity.
The players must wear Muong ethnic costumes according to tournament regulations.
However, the spirit of the competition is important.
The female player's ball-juggling.
The ball-building phases are no less professional.
Sometimes because of the excitement, the audience also enters the field to dribble the ball with the girls.
The ethnic costumes stand out on the field.
The ball-fighting phase has "lines” of the female center-back in the midfield area.
Some funny situations of the female players made the atmosphere more exciting:
The player raises his leg to kick but the ball misses the goal
The goalkeeper falls down but luckily the ball does not go into the net.
Due to some inconvenience, there are times when the women fall.
In another match, the football tournament, which has unique sports and culture, attracts the attention of many people.
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