Exciting spring wrestling festival in Uncle Ho's hometown
(Baonghean.vn) - As scheduled, every Lunar New Year, many localities in Nam Dan organize wrestling festivals that attract a large number of people to participate, creating a joyful Spring atmosphere in Uncle Ho's homeland.
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In the first days of the new Spring of the year of the Pig, the communes of Nam Nghia, Nam Thanh, Nam Anh, Nam Kim ... (Nam Dan) are bustling with wrestling festivals. Around the makeshift wrestling arenas made from old canvas sheets spread out, people surround the inner and outer rings to watch the matches of the "village wrestlers". In the photo: Wrestling festival in Nam Thanh commune |
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Wrestling participants are mainly teenagers, the audience is a wide range of people and tourists from all over. |
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From early afternoon, when the spring sun was still shining brightly, the dramatic matches of the wrestlers had begun. On the ring, the wrestlers tried their best to flirt with each other, taking advantage of each other's weaknesses to defeat their opponents. |
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Taking place from the afternoon of the 2nd day of Tet and lasting for many days after, sometimes until the 10th day, the wrestling arenas are always crowded, the exciting sound of festival drums urges people and tourists from near and far to come to the wrestling festival. |
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The "grasshopper vs. elephant" matches with the weight difference almost double but the "grasshopper" still makes the "elephant" dirty. |
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Young men of good physique were invited to the wrestling ring to try their hand. |
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On the wrestling ring, wrestlers move back and forth, always trying to find each other's weaknesses to grab each other's hands, trip their legs, and knock them down. The atmosphere is sometimes exciting, sometimes tense and fierce. |
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A lift off the opponent, quick win. |
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When entering the ring, in addition to health and technique, wrestlers must also be calm and confident. |
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Wrestlers with high achievements were given gifts of encouragement by the organizers, and some also received gifts from the audience. |
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Mr. Ha Ngoc Lam (29 years old) residing in Nam Thanh commune - an experienced referee in wrestling arenas in Nam Dan said: "Wrestling has long become a spiritual food for people in many communes in Nam Dan. Tet without a wrestling festival is considered to be lacking something, so the early spring wrestling festival here is always crowded; it is the most anticipated activity for people during Tet. In recent years, the wrestling movement has been promoted in Nam Dan, making the Tet atmosphere in Uncle Ho's homeland more joyful and exciting." |
Attractive wrestling scenes. |