Vice Chairman of Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Le Thanh Binh, said: This is a special event organized for the first time at the provincial level to honor and promote the brand and unique values of wax coconut.
The event affirms the efforts and determination to bring products processed from wax coconut to the world market, calling for investment in the field of agricultural processing and tourism with the desire to introduce and promote the potential, advantages, investment attraction policies as well as continue to preserve, maintain and promote the Vu Lan Thang Festival, the religious festival of the Chinese community in Cau Ke district, which has been included in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The 100-year Tra Vinh Wax Coconut Festival and Vu Lan Thang Hoi Week in Cau Ke District took place for 7 days, from August 25 to August 31 in Cau Ke District, with 12 main activities. Among them, the outstanding activities are: Opening ceremony of the 100-year Tra Vinh Wax Coconut Festival; Workshop on Wax Coconut; Exhibition of delicious fruit specialties of Tra Vinh Province; Competition to prepare 100 delicious dishes from Wax Coconut; Discussion "Cau Ke Tourism - Potential along Hau River".
Wax coconut is one of the famous specialties of Tra Vinh, especially in Cau Ke district. Wax coconut appeared in the 1960s when a Khmer monk in Tra Vinh brought it from Cambodia to plant in Cau Ke district and has developed until today.
The opening program of Vu Lan Thang Hoi Week is associated with the announcement of the decision to certify Vu Lan Thang Hoi Festival of Cau Ke district as a national intangible cultural heritage; Trade Fair; Culinary space; Lion and Dragon Festival; Display of images of national intangible cultural heritage of Vu Lan Thang Hoi Festival of Cau Ke district; sports activities, folk games; activities of worshiping Ong Bon...
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/tra-vinh-gioi-thieu-festival-100-nam-cay-dua-sap.html
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