Hanoi (VNA) – A kaleidoscope of Vietnam’s ethnic culture, ritualsand cuisine will be introduced at the Culture-Tourism Village of VietnameseEthnic groups in Son Tay town on the outskirt of Hanoi in December.
The event draws the participation of representatives of 13 ethnic minoritygroups (Tay, Nung, La Chi, Dao, Mong, Thai, Muong, Kho Mu, Ta Oi, Co Tu,Raglai, E De and Khmer) from 11 localities nationwide.
Highlight of the event will be the “Mountainous market fair”, which features thenorthwest and northeast regions’ specialties like thang co (hot pot usingcattle meat and innards along with a range of local herbs), men men (steamedground corn), seven-coloured steamed sticky rice, roasted chicken and pig,grilled fish and wild vegetable soup.
Visitors to the fair can also see demonstrations of traditional handicraftmaking such as rattan weaving, brocade weaving and wine making, and enjoy folkgames and traditional songs and dances by ethnic people, or buy local forestand farm produce.
A highlight of the fair is the art of making patterns on traditional costumesof Mong ethnic group and restoration of Khu Cu Te festival of La Chi ethnicgroup from Ha Giang’s Xin Man district.
Besides, the culture-tourism village will host a slew of art programmes inDecember. The move helps promote traditional cultural values and bolsterexchanges among ethnic groups while attract tourists to the site.-VNA