Folk games at the Spring Festival

(Baonghean.vn) - Coming to Yen Thanh rice district every early spring, we will be immersed in the bustling atmosphere of the festival season with interesting folk games. This is a cultural activity originating from the need for creativity and enjoyment after days of hard work of the people.

Excited with the stick pushing game, healthy to build homeland and country. Photo: Thai Duong.

Phuc Thanh Commune is a locality with 8 historical and cultural relics and beautiful landscapes. These are cultural activities of the people every spring. Therefore, right from the first days of the new year Dinh Dau - 2017, the Commune Cultural Committee has implemented a specific plan, organizing for people to enjoy Tet, welcome spring safely and healthily through festival activities with interesting folk games, attracting a large number of people to participate.

The folk game “3 people - 2 legs” shows the spirit of solidarity. Photo: Thai Duong.

Mr. Tran Van Thanh - Head of the commune's cultural committee said: Directing hamlets to mobilize people to participate in early spring activities, especially organizing folk games such as swinging, cockfighting, playing chess, walking on the bridge... to create a vibrant atmosphere and preserve and promote the cultural beauty of the locality.

Being a purely agricultural district, all cultural activities of Yen Thanh people are also linked to agriculture. Folk games such as cockfighting, wrestling, playing cu lo, swinging, boat racing, playing cards, human chess, stabbing spear... all originate from traditional cultural practices.

Cockfighting in Ke Gam village, Xuan Thanh commune. Photo: Thai Duong.

Therefore, in almost all 39 communes and towns in Yen Thanh district, in addition to implementing plans to organize activities to celebrate the Party and Spring, playing folk games is an indispensable entertainment activity in early Spring.

Tug of war is a sport often organized by many communes in early spring. Photo: Thai Duong.

Folk games have many genres suitable for many ages. Accordingly, each game has its own rules, with different nuances that both train physical strength, agility, dexterity, promote solidarity, respect for discipline, demonstrate martial spirit, and are also the glue that binds the community, making players, once participating, can play all day without getting bored.

Wrestling competition demonstrates the martial arts tradition of our ancestors. Photo: Thai Duong

Folk games are not simply a form of entertainment, but contain a unique culture, rich in national identity. Therefore, through practical actions, Yen Thanh has been actively contributing to the preservation and promotion of spiritual values ​​from folk games.

Boat racing on Dieu Oc lake, Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: Thai Duong.

Mr. Hoang Danh Truyen - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee said that Yen Thanh is a locality with a rich number of relics and festivals. Therefore, the district has focused on propaganda and mobilization of people and villages to restore, maintain and develop folk games, creating a healthy playground in community culture.

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