The 2013 Khau Vai Love Market Culture-Tourism Week will kick off on May 4
in Meo Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.
The
week, which is scheduled to last through May 6, features a wide variety
of activities including a show of traditional costumes of the ethnic
minorities living in the province, goat, cow and nightingale fighting
festivals, a performance describing the rain worshipping ritual of the
Lo Lo ethnic minority people, and an incense offering at the two temples
in Khau Vai commune.
Other cultural activities and folk fames
will also be held during the week such as the banh day (round cake)
making contest of the Nung ethnic group and linen weaving competition of
the Mong ethnic minority people.
The annual Khau Vai Love Market
is opened for people from the ethnic minority groups in Ha Giang
province to meet and exchange each other. It attracts a large number of
both domestic and foreign visitors.-VNA