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Fermented glutinous rice, or ruou nep in Vietnamese, is the most bought item of the Doan Ngo Festival. |
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Ruou nep and fruits for the Doan Ngo Festival are put on sale from the early morning at Hang Be Market in Hanoi. |
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A wide range of colourful fruits is on sale, mainly plums, lychees and sugar apples. |
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Fermented glutinous rice – an indispensable food on the day to “kill insects”. |
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Fermented glutinous rice is packed in small plastic containers. |
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A seller pours alcohol into a container of fermented glutinous rice. |
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According to tradition, fermented glutinous rice is eaten during the Doan Ngo Festival to eliminate diseases in our bodies, hence the festival to “kill insects”. |
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People buy fermented glutinous rice in the early morning before going to work. |
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Shops selling flowers and decorative items also attract a large number of buyers. |
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A seller is making a decorative item for her customers. |
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A tray of offerings for the Doan Ngo Festival usually includes lotuses, areca flowers, jasmine flowers, and peony flowers, as well as fruits and fermented glutinous rice. |
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Nu, a local vendor, said she received 50 orders for trays of offerings with nine different ingredients for the Doan Ngo Festival. |
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A Hanoi resident bikes to a market to shop for Doan Ngo Festival foods. |
