The three festivals include the Rice Festival of the B’ru Van Kieu ethnic group, the Nang Hai (Miss Hai) Festival of the Tay ethnic community, and the Rija Nagar Folk Dance Festival of the Cham ethnic people.
Accordingly, the Rice Festival will be recreated at 9:30 AM on February 24. The festival is celebrated annually on the 12th day of the seventh lunar month by the B’ru Van Kieu ethnic community, honouring the traditional slash-and-burn agriculture.
The Nang Hai Festival will also be introduced to visitors at 10 AM on the same day. This typical festival is held from the first to the third lunar month every year by the Tay ethnic group in Cao Bang Province to worship the Moon.
The Rija Nagar Fork Dance Festival will be reproduced at 10 AM on February 25. The festival is often staged by Cham ethnic people in the transitional period between the dry and the rainy seasons, aiming to pray for favourable weather conditions and bumper crops.
In addition to the recreation of the three festivals, the ‘Colour of Spring across the Motherland’s Regions’ programme will include assorted cultural, arts, and sporting activities. It will gather 200 people representing 28 ethnic groups from 16 cities and provinces nationwide.
