Festival held to promote spring among ethnic groups

Folk games, handicraft performances, and traditional cuisine are featured at the festival themed "Spring colours in every region of the nation" that takes place from January 1 to February 28.

Around 200 people from 24 ethnic minorities in 14 provinces and cities join the funfairs, making it an exciting event for the new year.

Party and State leaders will visit ethnic minority representatives at the village, join a traditional tree-planting ceremony, open a traditional house of Nghe An central province and traditional wooden house of Quang Nam central province as well as enjoy traditional festivals of ethnic groups in the village.

Xoe dance of the Thai, which is also known as xe khăm khen (hands in hands dancing) will be performed. The dance expresses solidarity, democracy and collectiveness of Thai people. The dance has just been added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity by the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO.

A worship ceremony for the ancestors of the Lo Lo ethnic minority group in the northern province of Hà Giang will be organised on the morning of February 12. In each house of the group, there is an altar worshipping the family’s ancestors.

Decorations for Tet (traditional Lunar New Year) can be found at houses on stilts in the village with fruit trays, bonsai, national flags, portraits of President Ho Chi Minh, where visitors can experience spring festival of ethnic groups.

Various spring activities of ethnic groups will be organised throughout February at the village, where visitors can experience the natural beauty of spring with rape flowers, peach and plum blossoms.

The village locates in Dong Mo District, some 45km to the west of Hanoi's centre.