The Western Nghe An Spring Festival 2024 will be held in Tan Ky
(Baonghean.vn) - This is an activity to preserve and promote the good customs and practices of the ethnic communities in Western Nghe An during the traditional New Year of the nation.
The Provincial People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 1003/KH-UBND on organizing the Western Nghe An Spring Festival Night in 2024.
The Western Nghe An Spring Festival 2024 will be held on January 30 and 31, 2024 (December 20-21, December 12, Quy Mao year) in Tan Ky town, Tan Ky district.
The festival is organized to preserve and promote the good customs and practices of the ethnic communities in Western Nghe An during the traditional New Year of the nation; to strengthen and consolidate the great solidarity of Vietnamese ethnic groups through cultural and artistic exchange activities, and to encourage the spirit of welcoming the New Year with a new spirit of the ethnic communities in Western Nghe An.
At the same time, through activities to promote and introduce the tourism potential of Western Nghe An, a friendly and attractive destination for tourists inside and outside the province.
The program of the Festival includes: Performance of folk songs, folk music and dance, excerpts of traditional folk festival rituals and ceremonies; performance of costumes of Nghe An ethnic people; exchange of drumming, gong playing, carving, bamboo dancing; organization of folk games of ethnic minorities of Nghe An province (tossing con, walking on stilts and tug of war); organization of tourism promotion activities, exhibition and introduction of cultural and tourism products typical of the people of Western Nghe An.
The Western Nghe An Spring Festival 2023 is chaired by the Department of Culture and Sports; hosted by Tan Ky district, in coordination with the Provincial Cultural Center, the Provincial Traditional Arts Center and Anh Son, Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, and Ky Son districts.
2024 is the 8th time the Western Nghe An Spring Festival has been held. This is a special cultural event for ethnic minorities in Nghe An province, held annually in 11 mountainous districts on the occasion of Tet and Spring.
Previously, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Western Nghe An Spring Festival was not held due to the Covid-19 pandemic and some other objective reasons./.
