An annual festival featuring the cultural colours of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups, as seen through their New Year celebrations, will take place at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Son Tay town, Hanoi, from February 15-17.
The festival will be held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to honour outstanding individuals who have made contributions to preserving and promoting the values of the country’s traditional cultures.
Accordingly, many festivals of ethnic minority groups nationwide will be held. They include rituals praying for peace, favourable weather and a good crop of the Lo Lo ethnic minority group in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, a festival to welcome the New Year of the Dao ethnic group in Hoanh Bo district of the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, the New Year celebration of the Thai people and the gong festival of the Muong people in northern mountainous province Hoa Binh province, the husband-catching festival of the Chu Ru people in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and the rice planting festival of the B'rau in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
The highlight of the event will be the traditional New Year horse race held by the H'Mong ethnic group in Bac Ha district of the northern mountainous Lao Cai province. /.