Spring Festival at Tham Bua
Tham Bua, Tham Chang, Tham Om... and the Chieng Ngam communal church are place names that have been closely associated with and hold significant meaning in the consciousness of the ethnic people in the northwestern region of Nghe An province. Every spring, the sounds of gongs and drums echo, along with the promises of years past, as they eagerly gather to celebrate the Tham Bua festival...
(Baonghean)Tham Bua, Tham Chang, Tham Om... and the Chieng Ngam communal church are place names that have been closely associated with and hold significant meaning in the consciousness of the ethnic people in the northwestern region of Nghe An province. Every spring, the sounds of gongs and drums echo, along with the promises of years past, as they eagerly gather to celebrate the Tham Bua festival...
District leaders offer incense at Muong Chieng Ngam church.
This year's Tham Bua Festival takes place over three days, from February 23rd to 25th (corresponding to the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd days of the first lunar month). The festival is an opportunity for the ethnic communities of the Phu Quy region to express their profound gratitude to their ancestors who founded the village and also a chance to celebrate the love between couples...
Archery competition.
A culinary culture contest of the Thai ethnic group.
With its complex of National Scenic Sites, Tham Bua was restored and recognized as a National Scenic Site in 1997. Since then, the Tham Bua Festival has been organized on an increasingly larger scale, meeting the spiritual and festive needs of the people of the villages and hamlets, as well as numerous tourists from within and outside the province.
Dang Thi Hoang Linh (17 years old, Thai ethnic group, student of class 12C1)
Quy Chau Ethnic Boarding High School crowns "Miss Hang Bua 2011".
Along with the solemn ceremony steeped in folk culture, there is a series of traditional cultural and sporting activities such as gong and drum festivals, throwing the "con" (a type of ball), bamboo pole dancing, furrow carving, swing riding, crossbow shooting, silk spinning and weaving, culinary competitions, and the "Tham Bua Beauty Queen" contest... The traditional folk songs and dances, expressing love and affection, captivate the hearts of visitors... This spring, come to the Tham Bua festival...
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