21 teams participate in the Red River Delta Kite Festival
On the morning of May 18, the 2013 Red River Delta Kite Festival opened at Quat Lam beach, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province with the participation of 21 teams and clubs from 10 provinces and cities.
(Illustration photo: Nguyen Thanh/VNA)
This event is in response to the National Tourism Year of the Red River Delta - Hai Phong 2013 and the opening of the Nam Dinh Sea Tourism Season 2013.
The Red River Delta Kite Competition and the opening of the Nam Dinh Province Sea Tourism Season 2013 are activities to contribute to preserving, honoring and promoting the value of the Northern Delta kite art (including the art of making kites and the art of flying kites) bearing the imprint of the Red River civilization, associated with the formation of tourism products with unique characteristics of the Red River Delta to serve tourists.
The competition has the participation of 21 teams and clubs representing provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Hue, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh and Nam Dinh. The host Nam Dinh alone has 8 teams participating.
Kites participating in the festival are boat-shaped or water chestnut-shaped kites (boat kites have two wings, water chestnut kites have two tails) or cup-shaped kites. The minimum length of the kite frame is 2m. Each kite is coded and flown one by one for the judges to score.
The winning kite is the kite that gets the total score for kite form, flute form, flute sound, kite release and release through hook.
In addition to the kite flying competition, the festival also features Hue art kite flying and flute kite flying performances at Quat Lam beach.
The contest is an opportunity for the Northern Delta kites to exchange their own characteristics of each province, city and locality in the region and create conditions for people with the same hobby and passion for kites in the localities to meet, exchange and share experiences./.
According to (Vietnam+) - LC
