(Baonghean.vn) - The 2017 Cuong Temple Festival in Dien An commune (Dien Chau district) featured attractive sports competitions and folk games, drawing tens of thousands of participants. This year, related services also flourished, with chair rental being surprisingly popular.
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| Before the competitions, people who provide chair rental services have already gathered chairs and scaffolding at the festival grounds. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| With permission from the organizers, they arranged chairs around the competition areas. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Each household allocated a space to place their own seats. Thousands of seats were mobilized to fill the "grandstands," with rental prices ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 VND per seat, depending on the distance from the seat. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The seating arrangement, from lowest to highest, was on the inside, followed by scaffolding on the outside. Hundreds of construction scaffolds were brought in to serve as viewing platforms; anyone wanting to watch from the platform had to pay 10,000 dong. Cao Xuan Linh (38 years old) from Hamlet 12, Dien An Commune, brought six sets of scaffolding to the stadium, renting them out as "standing platforms." At peak times, dozens of people could be on each platform. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| As the competition began, thousands of spectators filled the arena; not a single seat was empty, and the scaffolding and vehicle bodies were completely packed with people. Dang Van Su (29 years old) from Hamlet 5, Dien Phu Commune, brought 250 plastic chairs to the arena. He earns millions of dong each time he competes. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Ms. Tran Thi Lien (46 years old), residing in Hamlet 9, Dien An Commune, rents out scaffolding and chairs while also serving refreshments to customers. The price of bottled water on the scaffolding is almost double that of drinks sold at shops or markets. (Photo: Huy Thu) |
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| After the competition ends, customers return the chairs and pay the rental fee to the owner. During the Cuong Temple Festival season, many households earn a lot of money from this service. Photo: Huy Thu |
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