(HBO) - Taking place on the occasion of the traditional New Year of Mong ethnic minority, Gau Tao festival celebrating the Party and the Lunar New Year in 2023 organized by the People's Committees of 2 communes, Pa Co and Hang Kia, (Mai Chau) has brought a joyful and thriling New Year atmosphere. Many exciting and attractive cultural and sports activities imbued with the identity of Mong ethnic minority have been attracting visitors to experience and explore. Hoa Binh newspaper has recorded the special images of this festival.
Mong ethnic minorities in Hang
Kia and Pa Co communes are performing to celebrate the Party and the Spring.
Beating the drums to open Gau Tao
festival.
Performing the spiritual rituals
by Neu tree to pray for the health of the people and bountiful crops.
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The sound of the trumpet calling
for Spring to open the festival.
Urging the footsteps of the
relatives and tourists to come back to open Gau Tao festival.
Mong girls in Hang Kia are
radiantly beautiful with Pao throwing games.
The men are competing in pounding
Day cakes - a work requiring a lot of energy and technique.
Visitors are experiencing the
national sports of walking on stilts.
Immersing oneself in the joyful
festive atmosphere.
Extending the circle of Xeo
dancing of the national unity.
(HBO) - Hoa Binh city is srongly developing, trying to become a second-grade city, a modern and civilized city along Da river with its own identity. Here are some highlight works of the city at night.
(HBO) - Held from February 2-4 (the 12th-14th days of the lunar month), the Khenh Communal House Festival 2023 attracted thousands of locals and tourists. A range of rituals and activities took place at the festival, leaving a good impression on the unique traditional cultural values of Muong Khenh region.
(HBO) - Chua Thac Bo Temple has been considered as one of the most famous spiritual and cultural tourism destinations in the Northwest region. The area of Hoa Binh lake is likened to Ha Long Bay on land.
(HBO) - In 3 days (January 27, 28, 29), there were tens of thousands of people inside and outside the province attending Khai Ha Festival of Muong ethnic minority in 2023 in Hoa Binh province. The typical intangible cultural heritage value of four Muong areas including Bi, Vang, Thang and Dong, has been honored, preserved and promoted. Belows are the special images recorded by reporters of Hoa Binh Newspaper.
(HBO) - Near Tet holiday, going to the routine market in the countryside is really interesting. It seems that the market only meets periodically, so it is crowding and many kinds of goods are only available in the countryside. The routine market in Dung Phong Commune (Cao Phong) meets once a week on Sundays. This year's Tet market on December 24 is bustling with buyers and sellers. The people all over the area of Muong Thang from Hop Phong, Nam Phong, Tay Phong, Thach Yen... all head to the central market of the commune cluster. Some people from outside the district and Hoa Binh city are also immersed themselves in the atmosphere of Tet countryside market.
(HBO) - In the last days of 2022, on the board ships of the navy and fisherman have been filled with goods, necessities and Tet gifts from people from all parts of the country sent to the officers, the soldiers and the people working and living on Truong Sa Islands. Although the weather is not favorable, the waves are strong at level 7 - 8, with the utmost determination, the officers and soldiers on the ships always protect and keep the goods carefully so that they are safely and intactly transported to the islands, helping the army and people on the island welcome a happy and healthy Tet like on the mainland.
