Mong people throw pao to celebrate Tet
(Baonghean.vn) - Pao throwing is a folk game imbued with traditional cultural identity, unique and an indispensable spiritual food during holidays and Tet of the Mong ethnic group.
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Every year, from the first to the fifth day of Tet, people in Luu Thong village, Luu Kien commune, Tuong Duong district organize a pao throwing festival to celebrate the new year. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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From early morning, Mong girls put on their traditional costumes to participate in the Pao throwing festival. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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This is one of the unique and long-standing cultural features, passed down from generation to generation and has become a form of community cultural activity with noble humanistic meaning of the Mong people every time Tet comes and Spring comes. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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Through research, it is known that in the past, Mong women sewed pao from pieces of linen into round fruits, the size of oranges, stuffed with flax seeds. Nowadays, many people use tennis balls to make pao. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Ms. Vu Y Do, Secretary of the Party Cell of Luu Thong Village, Luu Kien Commune (Tuong Duong) said that in previous years, before the epidemic broke out, during Tet, in addition to organizing pao throwing, the village also organized crossbow shooting competitions, cockfighting, buffalo fighting, tu lu fighting, etc. and invited neighboring villages to join. This year, the epidemic is still complicated, so it is only limited to the village. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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For the Mong people, throwing pao is the main game during Tet. This game helps them train their hands to be more flexible, their reflexes to be faster and their eyes to be sharper… Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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Pao throwing is a simple game but it contains many interesting things. This is a game that represents the spirit and identity of the Mong community in the Western region of Nghe An. Through this folk game, the Mong people send many wishes and aspirations for the new spring, a spring of prosperity, happiness, fullness and solidarity. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Not only young girls or the elderly, the pao throwing festival also has the participation of children. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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For the Mong people, pao fruit is associated with them throughout their lives, from childhood to old age. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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