With the theme “Welcoming Spring across the country”, activities in February 2023 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the Dong Mo tourism area of Son Tay Town, Hanoi, will introduce the atmosphere of welcoming the New Year with traditional rituals, customs and cultural values of the village’s ethnic groups.
Visitors to the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism
The highlight activity in February 2023 is the “Xoe Thai” (a traditional dance of Thai ethnic people in spring) programme, which introduces folk games of ethnic groups in the North in spring.
Visitors will be invited to take part in folk games such as Con (cloth ball) throwing, blindfolded pot smashing, sack races and hopscotch while also enjoying traditional spring songs and dances.
On this occasion, a festival of the Ba Na ethnic group will reappear while traditional cultural practices of the Muong, Thai, Dao, Kho Mu and Mong ethnic people will also be introduced to visitors.