(Baonghean.vn) - The 2017 Cuong Temple Festival in Dien An Commune (Dien Chau) took place with exciting sports competitions and folk games, attracting tens of thousands of participants. This year, festival-related services also flourished, of which chair rental was a surprisingly popular service.
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| Before the competitions, people who provide chair rental services have gathered chairs and scaffolding at the festival grounds. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| With the organizers' permission, they arranged chairs around the playing fields. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Each house took a space to place their own chairs. Thousands of chairs were mobilized to fill the "stands", the rental price was from 5,000 - 10,000 VND/chair, depending on the distance. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| From low to high, inside are chairs, outside are scaffolding. Hundreds of construction scaffoldings were brought in to serve as a viewing platform, anyone who wants to go up to the platform to watch more easily must pay 10,000 VND. Mr. Cao Xuan Linh (38 years old) in Hamlet 12, Dien An Commune brought 6 sets of scaffolding to the field, renting out "standing beams". At peak times, there were dozens of people on each scaffolding. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Entering the match, there were thousands of spectators on the field, not a single spare chair, the scaffolding, the truck beds… were all full of people. Mr. Dang Van Su (29 years old) in Hamlet 5, Dien Phu Commune brought 250 plastic chairs to the field. He also earned millions of dong for each match. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Ms. Tran Thi Lien (46 years old) in Hamlet 9, Dien An Commune rents out scaffolding and chairs and serves refreshments to customers. The price of filtered water on the scaffolding is almost twice as expensive as in shops and markets. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| After the match, the guests return the chairs and pay the rent to the owner. During the Cuong Temple Festival, many households also earn a lot of money from this service. Photo: Huy Thu |
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