Coming to Tien Yen in early spring, locals and tourists will experience many interesting things at festivals and folk games with unique local identities where many ethnic minorities live.
Tien Yen is a land with a long-standing and rich culture, with 13 ethnic groups living together such as: Kinh, Dao, Tay, San Diu, San Chi, Hoa, Thai, Cao Lan... so it has a diverse and unique art culture.
Notably, on February 8 and 9, visitors and locals will experience the Tay Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival in Tien Yen district and the Dong Dinh Communal House Festival in 2025. Here, visitors and locals will learn more about the culture of the Tay ethnic group, and experience cultural and sports activities such as: Stick pushing, tug of war, crossbow shooting, shuttlecock throwing, men's and women's volleyball competitions, men's raft racing on the Dong Dinh River...
Along with that, there will be exchanges of Then singing, Tinh lute, Tay ethnic costume performance, Sap dancing, and festival fire with the Tay ethnic community in Binh Lieu district. In addition, visitors will see the reenactment of the "Long Tong Ceremony" at the festival. During the series of activities taking place at the festival, visitors will enjoy local specialties at OCOP booths, cuisine and Tay ethnic culture exhibition space.
In addition to the Dong Dinh Communal House Festival, visitors will experience the 2025 Dao Ethnic Culture and Sports Festival associated with the opening of the Ha Lau Highland Cultural Market in early April. This is a festival with unique customs and practices of the Dao ethnic community in Tien Yen district. Coming to the festival, visitors will see the reenactment of the Dao people's initiation ceremony and bride-processing ceremony.
Notably, visitors can rent ethnic costumes to check-in at Ha Lau Market, Bac Lu suspension bridge (Bac Lu village), Khe Lieng suspension bridge (Co Muoi - Khe Lieng village), flower palace in Bac Lu village and participate in games such as blindfolded chicken catching, blindfolded pot smashing; rafting on Pho Cu river (Ha Lau commune). At the same time, watch the typical cultural exchange performances of the Dao people and sports: Tug of war, stick pushing, crossbow shooting for men and women, walking on stilts for men and women, women's football exchange, Dao ethnic costume performance, bamboo dancing...
Coming to the highland communes of Tien Yen district in the early days of spring, visitors will also experience many cultural activities in the communes and towns, from traditional sports such as tug of war, stick pushing, spinning top, crossbow shooting, Chinese chess, human chess... to modern sports such as football, table tennis... In particular, in some highland communes such as Ha Lau, Phong Du, Dai Duc, there are also activities that are imbued with the traditional cultural identity of ethnic minorities such as singing Soong Co, singing Then... and watching exciting football matches of local girls.
In recent times, Tien Yen has been a locality that has done a good job in state management of festivals, restoring traditional festivals, actively preserving and conserving the invaluable values and assets of the community by implementing many projects to preserve the cultural identity of ethnic groups associated with tourism development. Festivals have become an indispensable part of the spiritual and cultural life of the people here, especially during the holidays and New Year, and have become familiar to many tourists from all over the world. Thereby, helping people and tourists learn more about the history, customs, and traditional values of ethnic minorities, contributing to enhancing solidarity among ethnic groups in the district in particular and in Quang Ninh in general.
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