Mong village excitedly joins the pao throwing festival

Dao Tho• February 5, 2019 14:42

(Baonghean.vn) - At the beginning of the new year, all the Mong villages in the highlands of Nghe An are bustling with the Pao throwing festival. This is a beautiful cultural feature of the Mong community every time Tet comes and Spring comes, and it is also the time when young men and women get to know each other and get married.

Spring is the time of festivals and entertainment all over the country. This is also the time when young men and women of the Mong ethnic group in the highlands of Nghe An join the Pao throwing festival. The place they go to is usually the large fields in the village, where dozens of people gather to have fun from day to day.

Early in the morning, Mong girls in Nam Can commune (Ky Son district) dressed up in traditional costumes, as promised, to go to the yard to participate in the pao throwing festival.

Pao balls can be tennis balls or soft pieces of cloth rolled together.

Pao throwing is also an opportunity for young Mong men and women to get to know each other. While throwing back and forth, they sing back and forth to probe each other's intentions. The girl's opening line is as follows:“My dear son, this is a beautiful and lucky year for me to meet you. Which village are you from? Why do you know how to talk so cheerfully that a girl like me doesn’t want to go to work anymore? What did your parents eat to make you so handsome?...”

And the son replied:“My beautiful girl, I come from… village, today is Tet holiday, I am lucky to meet you, deep in my heart I have secretly fallen in love with you. My parents ate pickled vegetables and gave birth to me…”

Clip: Pao Throwing Club

The Mong children were also given new clothes by their parents to watch their older brothers and sisters throw pao.

The elders in the village also come to the yard to watch their children throw pao to find their lovers. This is a traditional cultural feature in the life of the Mong people. People who work hard all year round in the fields and forests, but at this time they have a lot of fun. The fun lasts until half of January.