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Weekend flea market features unique culture of Ha Giang

Thứ Tư, 08/02/2023, 14:42

The Meo Vac weekend flea market is the most impressive yet largest market in Ha Giang province, where people from villages all around Meo Vac come to trade and socialize.

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ttxvn_meo_vac_1.jpg -0 — Located in the downtown area of Meo Vac District, the Meo Vac flea market is open every Sunday morning.

ttxvn_meo_vac_10.jpg -1 — Already around 5 in the morning the market will start on the streets around the indoor market.

ttxvn_meo_vac_2.jpg -2 — Vendors occupy both sides of the small street, selling signature specialties of the northern highlands and handmade products made by ethnic minority groups.

ttxvn_meo_vac_3.jpg -3 — Gathering at the weekend market is a custom that ethnic minorities people in Meo Vac have upheld for generations. Most of the items on sale are handicrafts, vegetables, fruits, brocade, fabric, and poultry.

ttxvn_meo_vac_4.jpg -4 — The market offers visitors a chance to join local residents’ daily life, and enjoy traditional foods of local ethnic minority groups.

ttxvn_meo_vac_5.jpg -5 — Local ethnic women and men put on their best traditional costumes and go to the market.

ttxvn_meo_vac_6.jpg -6 — Local residents bring their home-grown farm produce such as vegetables and fruits to sell at the market every weekend.

ttxvn_meo_vac_7.jpg -7 — A food court in Ha Giang that serves some of the unique local dishes.

ttxvn_meo_vac_8.jpg -8 — Local people are gathered at the market.

ttxvn_meo_vac_9.jpg -9 — The weekend flea market has become a unique cultural tradition of ethnic minority communities in Ha Giang.

By An Nhien (Photo: VNA)

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