Activities to welcome Tet Giap Thin 2024 have the participation of more than 100 people of 16 ethnic groups: Nung, Dao, Mong, Muong, Lao, Thai, Kho Mu, Ta Oi, Ba Na, Xo Dang, Gia Rai, Co Tu, Raglai, E De, In addition, 30 Tay ethnic artisans in Thai Nguyen province were also mobilized for highlight activities from February 17 and 18, 2024 (ie the 8th and 9th of the first lunar month). ).

“Spring festival” prays for prosperity and happiness

The highlight activity at the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village will be: The festival is still spring day, a unique cultural feature of the Thai, Lao, Kho Mu… The throwing game also has a symbolic meaning that all sadness and sickness will be washed away, replaced by prosperity and happiness. This is a long-standing traditional custom of the people. The tree is also erected between heaven and earth to pray for favorable weather, good business, peaceful and happy villagers, prosperous homes, and satisfying the spirit and spiritual life of the villagers. Besides, this is also an opportunity for young men and women to meet, learn and fall in love. In the program, games such as stilt walking, tug of war… are also organized.

Exchange program Northwest spring flowers recreating the festival space with traditional folk games on Spring Day: Mong people have fun playing Khen in the Pao throwing game on Spring Day; Thai, Kho Mu, and Lao people are drunk in the bustling music of bamboo dances, xoe dances… thereby expressing joy and community solidarity.

At the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village, a folk song and dance program is also organized Village when spring comes. During the event, artisans will perform songs regarding the Central Highlands, the excitement of spring throughout the village. Besides, unique features of folk music with bamboo instruments such as Dinh gong, Ding put, T’rung… are also brought to the stage.

Recreating the Long Tong Festival of the Tay ethnic group in Thai Nguyen province

Long Tong Festival is the most typical festival of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in Thai Nguyen province, with the purpose of offering thanks to heaven and earth for giving the village, clan, family, and health at the beginning of the new year. The festival is held in the spring, following a year of hard work in the fields, to celebrate the achievements of labor.

This is considered a religious activity associated with the agriculture and cultivation of ethnic minorities in the Northern mountainous region, especially the Tay and Nung ethnic groups, to give thanks to the earth, sky, and gods. ; At the same time, we pray to the gods to protect us so that we can have a year of good weather, good harvests, healthy people, and a prosperous life.

Exchange program Indigo and spring scent brings then melodies – a unique form of culture and art that also attaches a spiritual part to social life. In addition, folk dance performances such as Sli singing, Luon singing, and guitar also promise to create a joyful, exciting, and warm atmosphere imbued with national traditions, demonstrating the unique diversity of culture. Let’s welcome the new year together.

It is forecast that this number will increase sharply in the following days when the North will be sunny and have warm weather from now until close to Lunar New Year.

Check-in space with “million likes”, shopping to your heart’s content

Despite the cold weather last week, social networking sites are still filled with pictures of people checking in and doing busy Tet shopping at the Ocean City Spring Fair. Possessing a “huge” scale spanning 3km with more than 400 stalls, a record in Vietnam, along with elaborate investment in grand decorations and experience spaces, Spring Fair 2024 “The market is more fun than Tet”. “The street is more crowded than the festival” has become the focus of this year’s spring festival, attracting a large number of people in the Capital and tourists from neighboring provinces.

Participating in the Fair, young people have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cheerful and bustling Spring atmosphere with dozens of miniature landscapes and photo spots that both feature the characteristics of traditional Vietnamese Tet and contemporary colors with mascots. symbolizes peace, happiness, fortune, luck… Every street corner in Ocean City is bright with spring colors and has become the favorite check-in “film studio” of thousands of young people.

Besides the lively miniatures, there are 400 specialty booths from regions and craft villages across the country, selecting all high-quality OCOP specialties, meeting standards of 4 stars or higher from all 63 provinces and cities.

Cleverly and impressively designed with the inspiration of the Tet countryside market, the Spring Fair recreates a traditional Tet market with indispensable specialties such as dried bamboo shoots, buffalo meat, sausage, and braised fish. Vu Dai village, Quang Ninh yellow flower tea, Gia Lai dried beef, Ben Tre wax coconut candy, Nghe An tamarind sausage… or exquisite handicraft decorations.

In the cold cold of the winter days in the North, the 2024 Spring Fair becomes even more attractive with hot snack stalls, bringing visitors back to their childhood with rustic gifts such as grilled corn, sweet potatoes, and sweet soup. tea…

Right from the moment it opened, the 2024 Spring Fair has always been crowded with visitors, of which the most popular place here is the flower street with 17,000 ornamental plants, Tet flowers of all kinds… Interspersed with bright pink colors. of rare ancient peach pots in Son La or high-class orchids are the graceful images of colorful ao dai. Son La ancient peaches and yellow apricots are especially sought following by customers.

“It’s really great to walk among the bright spring flower streets and admire the precious flowers, feeling the spring atmosphere become even more bustling and exciting,” Ms. Thu Quynh (Hanoi) shared.

The “train” takes tourists back to the old Tet

Not only creating a meeting space between traditional beauty and impressive modern colors, the 2024 Spring Fair in Ocean City is also the place for many artistic performances and young, creative community interactions. center, bringing the old Tet closer to the younger generation. Rarely do Hanoi’s youth have the opportunity to enjoy the traditional Tet atmosphere with performances of Xoan singing, peach singing, betel singing, ao dai performances or excitedly participating in interesting folk games such as tossing con. , stilt walking, tug of war, mandarin umbrella, capture the flag…

Spring visitors, especially children, also showed great interest in free workshops with artisans wrapping banh chung, banh tet, making lucky money, making decorative baskets for Tet…

Mr. Nhat Long (tourist from Hai Phong) said: “I am very impressed with the 2024 Spring Fair. Even though society has developed with many shops, convenience stores, and supermarkets, the Tet markets contain Unique traditional cultural beauties are always the soul of Vietnamese Tet.”

After a series of “blockbuster” festivals, the 2024 Spring Fair “The market is more fun than Tet, the street is more crowded than the festival” continues to affirm its position as the newest and most attractive cultural destination in the East of Hanoi through activities Impressive experience, fully recreating the unique culture of the old Tet but still not lacking the modern sound of integrated life.

This is also one of the reasons why the 3km long “Pho Hoi Tet Market” in Ocean City was recognized by the Vietnam Records Organization as the largest Spring Fair in Vietnam in 2024. The event will last until the end. February 8, 2024 (December 29), is expected to attract millions of tourists from the Capital and neighboring provinces and cities to have fun and shop for Tet – especially when the weather in the North is sunny and warm. gradually.