“Reunion – Love Market” – a new cultural product of Sa Pa was launched on Saturday night, the first night of the April 30 – May 1 holiday as a precious gift to visitors from near and far.
Re-enactment of Sa Pa love market
Held right at Van Hoa Park and Sa Pa Ethnic Culture Park near the over 100-year-old Stone Church, any tourist passing by must stop to watch young couples of Mong and Dao people playing, dating, singing love songs, playing panpipes, flutes, jew's harps, and leaf trumpets calling for friends.
Tourist Le Thi Giang from Thanh Hoa shared: "I have heard a lot about it, especially as a teacher, I have taught students about the love market in books, but today is the first time I have witnessed it, truly feeling the rusticity in the lives of the people, this unique feature is definitely only found in Sa Pa".
Tourists check in at Sa Pa Rose Festival
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Director of the Sa Pa Town Culture, Sports and Communications Center, after many efforts by the local Party Committee and government, a relatively complete and large-scale recreation of the love market has been launched. This is also the long-awaited answer to satisfy many unanswered questions of tourists about where the Sa Pa love market is and how it takes place.
"After much consultation, including seminars inviting experts and researchers on Sa Pa's culture, today the love market product has been launched and has received a very warm welcome from tourists. As cultural workers, we hope that this product will continue to be upgraded and maintained regularly every Saturday so that this traditional beauty will not be lost," said Ms. Huong.
Reenactment of the Red Dao wedding procession
Before the love market, at the Quan yard area, Sa Pa town, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Festival took place with a series of new performances, with the participation of artists and actors from Binh Bien district (Yunnan - China) - a locality that has had a cooperative relationship with Sa Pa for a long time.
On April 28, a series of other outstanding events also took place at Sa Pa National Tourist Area such as the Fansipan Rose Festival in a space filled with the colors of over 300,000 rose bushes, combined with the wedding procession of 5 typical ethnic minorities in Sa Pa including Mong, Dao, Tay, Giay, Xa Pho; The street festival "Sa Pa - Land of Love" conveys the message about Sa Pa's 5th season of love, with the participation of over 500 professional and non-professional actors; International scientific conference to promote and advertise Sa Pa's tourism brand.
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