A culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups in Vietnamese and Lao border localities is taking place in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province.
The event attracts more than
600 artisans, artists, and amateur athletes from both sides. They come from
Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri,
Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Kon Tum, and the Lao provinces of Attapeu, Sekong,
Savannakhet, and Salavan.
Opening the festival on May 17th, Vietnamese Deputy Minister
of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said the event aims to honour and
introduce the special cultural values of ethnic minorities while enhancing the
solidarity, friendship, cooperation and cultural exchange between the two
countries’ border provinces.
Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos
Buangan Xaphuvong said the great friendship, special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation of the two countries are hard to be found anywhere
else in the world. This festival will help reinforce cultural exchanges between
Laos and Vietnam, as well as relations between the two peoples in general.
Activities in the festival include exhibitions of the
localities’ culture and tourism products, arts performances, shows of
traditional costumes and brocade making, reenactment of traditional festivals
and customs, and a culinary competition. The programme also features
traditional sports of local ethnics such as pole pushing, tug of war, and
crossbow shooting.
Source: DCS
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