From the afternoon of the 1st to the afternoon of the 6th of the Lunar New Year, the village boys gathered at the Nam Thanh commune stadium (Nam Dan, Nghe An) to "compete" in the wrestling festival held annually on the occasion of Tet (Photo: Hoang Lam).
The wrestling festival has no rules about costumes, age, or weight. As long as the wrestlers feel they can compete, they can enter the arena to compete (Photo: Hoang Lam).
According to the rules, the wrestler who makes his opponent fall and touch the ground with his back will win. Each wrestler who wins consecutively cannot compete in more than 3 matches.
Wrestler Bui Huu Lam (24 years old, wearing white pants) won 3 matches in a row last Tet. In the wrestling competition of the Year of the Dragon, wrestler Lam was considered a formidable opponent with his muscular strength, endurance and reasonable fighting tactics (Photo: Hoang Lam).
According to Mr. Bui Huu Nong - wrestler Lam's father - his family has a tradition and special passion for the nation's traditional wrestling. This year, Mr. Nong's family has 3 athletes participating in the competition.
Wrestler Bui Huu Lam won the first two matches. In the third match, after a long time, the two wrestlers competed evenly with clever moves and tactics, the organizers decided to call this match a draw (Photo: Hoang Lam).
Wrestlers wrestle, using muscular strength, flexibility, and endurance to overcome their opponents' attacks.
Watch village men show off their strength in the Spring wrestling festival (Video: H. Lam).
Mr. Le Van Son - cultural officer of Nam Thanh commune - said: "The Nam Thanh commune wrestling festival is held from the 1st to the 6th of Lunar New Year every year.
This is a traditional beauty of the commune, creating a healthy and useful playground, encouraging the practice movement, preserving the traditional cultural beauty among the people, especially the youth in the commune. The Spring wrestling festival also attracts many wrestlers from communes with a tradition of wrestling such as Nam Anh, Nam Xuan, Nam Dan town... to participate" (Photo: Hoang Lam).
A match to determine the winner within 30 seconds, when a wrestler lifts his opponent above his knees to the cheers and excitement of the audience (Photo: Hoang Lam).
Mr. Tran Van Viet (21 years old, living in Nam Dan town) is a soldier who has just been discharged from the army. Having heard about the wrestling festival in Nam Thanh commune for a long time, this year Mr. Viet came to watch and boldly registered to compete. However, due to lack of experience and training, this young man could not pass the first match. Although he lost, Mr. Viet was not sad and said that he would practice to compete again next Tet.
After a fierce tug-of-war, one wrestler suffered a scratch on his left arm due to being pressed against the ground, so the organizers decided to call the match a draw. The two wrestlers happily shook hands after the undecided match (Photo: Hoang Lam).
According to wrestler Hoang (from Nam Thanh), the participants in the wrestling competition at the beginning of the year do not have the mentality of winning or losing, but rather want to dedicate to the local audience beautiful matches in the spirit of martial arts. This is also an opportunity for wrestlers to practice, learn and gain experience for the wrestling competition within the framework of the Mai King Festival held on the occasion of the 15th day of the first lunar month every year in Nam Dan district.
The joy of a wrestler and the home team's audience when their wrestler convincingly won against his opponent (Photo: Hoang Lam).
In this amateur wrestling festival, the Organizing Committee has no regulations on rewards for winning wrestlers. Wrestlers who win 3 consecutive matches or do not lose any match in 3 consecutive matches will be awarded a commemorative shirt (Photo: Hoang Lam).
However, excited by the eye-catching and fierce matches, the audience was ready to pay a bonus for the winning wrestler (Photo: Hoang Lam).
The Nam Thanh Commune Wrestling Festival attracts a large number of locals, from the elderly to children, to watch and cheer. This is one of the most anticipated activities of this purely agricultural countryside every Lunar New Year (Photo: Hoang Lam).
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