(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) - Taking place in 2 days (April 27-28), the traditional fishing festival in the stream in Lo Son commune is one of the unique festivals of Muong ethnic people in Tan Lac district. It not only arouses and tightens the solidarity, creates a spirit of hard working production, the festival also shows the responsibility between the people and the nature, and it is an opportunity to widely propagate the attitude respecting and preserving the precious natural resources to the people and visitors.
(HBO) - The craft of processing driftwood and ornamental stone has been existing in Lam Son commune, Luong Son district for nearly 30 years. In 2017, the locality was recognized as a craft village for making driftwood and ornamental stone by the Provincial People's Committee. The model and production scale have been invested in expanding, and the products are increasingly diversified, affirming the prestige in the market, contributing to the sustainable economic restructuring of the locality. Here are a few images of the activities of the driftwood and ornamental stone in Lam Son.
(HBO) - Pursuing the sustainable value from clean agriculture, the farmers from the localities in the province have actively replicated the models and the areas of the organic agricultural production, VietGAP, with an area of over 560 hectares of different kinds of vegetables, over 1,900 certified fish cages. The efforts to create safe products to stay healthy and limit the negative impacts on the environment are paid for by "sweet fruits” when participating in the supply chain of clean, good-priced and healthy food with the strong consumption in markets. The groups of photos taken by Bui Minh
(HBO) - Thung Man Tung is a secluded valley surrounded by high mountains, where local residents must look down at their feet and step on rugged rocks when walking.
(HBO) - Lac Thuy district has a convenient location in terms of traffic, being adjacent to the fast moving economic regions of Ha Nam, Ninh Binh provinces and Hanoi city, and it is planned to be located in the dynamic region of the province. In recent years, Lac Thuy district has comprehensively implemented the work of building the Party and political system; focusing on directing the key and breakthrough tasks, quickly bringing the Resolution of the Party Congress to life, Lac Thuy is trying to be in the top of the province by 2025. Here are some images of the socio-economic status of Lac Thuy district.
