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 hometown.
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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 large number of people from all walks of life 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 began. 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 has urged people and tourists from near and far to come to the wrestling festival. |
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The "grasshopper vs. elephant" matches with a weight difference of almost double, but the "grasshopper" still makes the "elephant" lose. |
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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 rings, wrestlers move back and forth, always trying to find each other's weaknesses to grab hands, trip legs, and knock down their opponents. The atmosphere is therefore sometimes exciting, sometimes tense and fierce. |
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One lift, 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 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 the 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 hometown more joyful and exciting.” |
Attractive wrestling. |