Festival of Buckwheat (Say Sán) of the Mong



The Cao Cao Festival is a traditional festival of the Mong people in Lao Cai, held in spring. This is a thanksgiving ceremony to the gods for the blessings and blessings of the Mong family. In Lao Cai province, the Gao Cao festival is usually held in Muong Khuong, Bac Ha, Si Ma Cai and Phong Hai town.

The festival takes place every January, but preparations start from the end of December. After doing the rituals to pray for good health, good crops, people radiate low hills or flat fields around to play spring. customs, customs and folklore of their own people. The most vibrant and jubilant one is the competition area for traditional Mongolian sports. The boys were high and low, showing the health, bravery and wisdom of the mountainous people.

Singing festival through the village of Dao Tuyen - Bao Thang

Festival "Singing through the village" on spring day to invite villages around the region to come and sing to pray for good rain, good wind, good crops, peaceful and happy families. The festival is usually held on January 5. Here, regardless of old, young, boy, girl, everyone in the singing contest respond to each other through tunes such as: Happy New Year, Happy Family, Marriage ... The most special is the singing competition about spring, couple love. Thanks to the night of singing competition in the beginning of spring, many couples have become married and married.

After the festival, there are also sports competition activities such as throwing, stick pushing, tug of war ... extremely exciting.

The Tay people spread festival





Ta Chai festival is held on January 5 of lunar calendar in some communes such as Ta Chai (Bac Ha), Thanh Phu (Sa Pa) ... This is the Tày people's spring festival to pray for lush crops, full rice home. The ceremony is quite simple with a platter of offerings at the foot of the big tree, signifying the villagers' devotion to Than Nong, the god who governs the fields. After the priest does the prayer ceremony, the whole village participates in the gong dance, the drum is bustling with many special tunes: the gathering, the two, the four, the west, the Tay dances, Dance down the field, dance, sowing dance, dance to harvest, dance up the fields ... showing the graceful and seductive features. Singing repertoire of songs praising the Party, Uncle Ho, the country and the reformed country, especially singing love love of couples, dating, listening and stirring. During the festival, boys and girls meet each other, learn, try each other through cultural activities - entertainment, confess their love, date each other in fairs ...



The Xòe festival not only becomes a meeting place to unite the ethnic groups but also an invitation to tourists from near and far.