In December, Ba Den Mountain becomes an attractive destination with a series of unique cultural experiences available for the first time in Tay Ninh.
Discover Vietnam - Japan cultural week with many experiences
For the first time in Tay Ninh, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the festival atmosphere imbued with Japanese culture at Ba Den Mountain, with the Vietnam - Japan Cultural Week taking place in the first week of December. This is the opening activity for a series of unique cultural weeks during the heritage month at Ba Den Mountain at the end of 2024.
Opening the Vietnam - Japan Cultural Week, an attractive art program will be held on December 1, with vibrant Yosakoi dances typical of the land of the rising sun, combined with graceful Khmer dances imbued with the heritage colors of Tay Ninh. In particular, 200 Japanese cherry blossom trees will be handed over by the Embassy of Japan to Ba Den Mountain Tourist Area on this occasion, promising to turn the highest mountain in the South into a cherry blossom paradise in the South in the future.
Coming to Ba Den Mountain at this time, visitors will also be immersed in the vibrant festival atmosphere with unique cultural experiences. One of the experiences not to be missed is visiting the Japanese cultural souvenir stall and cosplaying with Japanese kimono costumes.
Lasting from December 1-8, 2024, the Vietnam - Japan Cultural Week is an ideal opportunity for Southern tourists to explore the beauty of Japanese culture vividly and colorfully recreated on the top of Ba Den Mountain.
Enjoy the art of lanterns
The lantern exhibition is a special art space that visitors should not miss when coming to Ba Den Mountain. Hundreds of lanterns of all sizes and designs are displayed and lit up, creating a "unique" check-in space.
In particular, all lanterns are made from paintings on Do paper, with funny motifs drawn by artists and staff of Ba Den Mountain tourist area, conveying the beauty of traditional culture combined with Buddhist culture. The paintings sometimes recreate Dong Ho paintings - a famous folk painting genre of Kinh Bac region, sometimes depict happy monks sitting next to lotus leaves, sometimes recreate ancient Japanese paintings... Each lantern here is a "unique" work of art, displayed in the sparkling space of hundreds of traditional Japanese Wagasa umbrellas and paper cranes - recreating the art of Japanese Origami paper folding.
The exhibition is a unique space for exchange between Vietnamese folk culture and ancient Japanese art - becoming an impressive highlight of the Vietnam - Japan Culture Week at Ba Den Mountain this time.
Go to market with… leaves
The leaf market has long been a unique "specialty" in Tay Ninh, where people do not use money, but use leaves to buy food and drinks... Taking place on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year, the leaf market attracts thousands of people from all over to Tay Ninh to join in the bustling atmosphere of the strange market.
From 5pm to 7pm on November 30 and December 1, 2024, two Leaf Markets will be recreated at the top of Ba Den Mountain, within the framework of the cultural heritage month, to bring visitors unique cultural experiences. Accordingly, when passing through the cable car ticket gate to the top of the mountain, visitors will each be given a Bodhi leaf to buy food and drinks of their choice. Many attractive dishes will be available at the market such as banh it, banh cuon, banh ú, banh xu xe, banh bot loc, banh bo, banh da lon, cassava steamed with coconut, sweet soup, sticky rice, etc.
Music night of Dan Truong and Cam Ly
Taking place on the evening of December 7, 2024 at the top of Ba Den Mountain, the music night "Moonlight Night on Van Son Peak" is a meeting between two singers Dan Truong and Cam Ly, bringing a unique artistic space.
Here, the audience will be immersed in a world of folk music in the peaceful space on top of Ba Mountain, with songs that made Cam Ly famous such as Khuc hat an tinh, Noi buon me me, Huong tinh lang que, Tuoi mong xu dong, Thim 2 lua... Bo Dan Truong will also bring the rustic, poetic countryside image to the "roof of the South" with familiar songs such as Me toi, Con thuong rau dang moc sau he, Luc tinh mien Tay, Loi xang xe cua ngoai...
The art program also features many singers in the folk and Buddhist music genres such as singers Dieu Dan, Bao Nam, Thanh Vinh. In particular, singer Dieu Dan will bring the song "Moonlit Night on Van Son Peak" composed by herself dedicated to Ba Den Mountain. Also here, the Khmer Ao Dai Show will be performed by runner-up Le Hoang Phuong, runner-up Le Phan Hanh Nguyen, King Tran Tien, King Trung Nguyen, Miss Businesswoman Vuong Thi Hoa, etc.
To facilitate tourists to go to Ba Den Mountain to participate in a series of attractive cultural and artistic activities at the end of the year, Sun World Ba Den Mountain Tourist Area offers a discount ticket price after 5pm, only 200,000 VND, applicable until the end of December. Also in December, the Tourist Area launched a program to thank tourists during the year-end thanksgiving season, with the ticket price to Ba Den Pagoda only 80,000 VND, and the combo price to the pagoda and the peak is 250,000 VND.
Le Thanh
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/thang-12-len-nui-ba-den-le-ta-di-cho-la-tham-du-tuan-van-hoa-viet-nhat-2345298.html
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