Attractive wrestling matches at the Mai King Temple Festival
Huy Thu•February 23, 2024 07:46
(Baonghean.vn) - Wrestling at the Mai King Temple Festival is always dramatic and attractive, leaving a deep impression on visitors when they return to the Spring festival in Uncle Ho's hometown.
As an important highlight of the Mai King Temple Festival in 2024, the wrestling arena at the foot of Dun Mountain always attracts a large number of people and tourists to participate and cheer. Photo: Huy ThuThis year, in addition to wrestlers from communes and towns in Nam Dan district, there are also wrestlers from Thanh Chuong district, Ha Tinh province... In the photo: A young wrestler from Ha Tinh prepares to wrestle. Photo: Huy ThuThe gathering of wrestlers from many places in the province makes the wrestling ring more attractive and dramatic. Photo: Huy ThuWrestlers of equal strength and talent, "eating tricks and returning tricks", showing off their strength, agility, endurance and dexterity. Photo: Huy ThuOnce in the ring, wrestlers must try their best, develop their strengths, and seize the opportunity to defeat their opponents. Photo: Huy ThuAs part of the Mai King Temple Festival, the wrestling festival takes place over 3 days (afternoons of January 13, 14, 15 of the lunar calendar) organized by Nam Dan town. Photo: Huy ThuAmidst the jubilant drumbeats, the matches were sometimes intense and bustling, sometimes fiercely contested and tug-of-war, with no clear winner or loser. Photo: Huy ThuTo make the opponent "lose their back and belly", wrestlers must have good health, skillful techniques, and determination to win... When a wrestler wins, the audience surrounding the field will clap and cheer enthusiastically. Photo: Huy ThuWrestlers who win $2 to $3 will receive gifts from the organizers in the form of items or cash. In addition, excellent wrestlers will also receive encouragement and gifts from the audience around the stadium. Photo: Huy ThuWrestling is considered one of the most attractive activities of the Mai King Temple Festival. When the sun sets behind the mountains in the late afternoon, locals and tourists still do not want to leave. Wrestling not only demonstrates martial spirit but also contributes to the unique features of the Spring Festival in Nam Dan. Photo: Huy Thu
