Thursday, December 15, 2011

Colors of Dao Thanh Y in the Northeast


The Dao Quang Ninh has two branches: Dao Thanh Dao Thanh Phan and Y, where Y Dao Thanh primary residence in Hoang Bo, Tien Yen, Hai Ha, Binh Lieu to the values ​​of national culture is gradually being eroded by many factors.

By the Great, Hoang Bo is a mountainous midland, with five ethnic groups living together, which, Dao Thanh Y accounts for over 97%. The value of intangible and cultural objects of the Dao Thanh Y as: The village feast for identity, love singing, embroidery, to weddings, funerals ... be maintained and preserved from generation to generation. The ceremonies in the customs of the Dao Thanh Y has become the mark in the subconscious, is the beauty of spiritual culture of each indispensable to people here and also a focus for cultural activities typical community traditional culture of the people of Vietnam.

In recent years, has focused on social good propaganda, education and culture. The bad practices such as bride, burial took place several days and nights, or the superstition and bad customs that have been removed and improvements in accordance with the guidelines and policies of the Party, State and conditions of each family. To contribute to the construction and development of advanced culture, strong national identity, both have social programs and specific actions and directing the village, the Fatherland Front and all the people do. CPC directed movement of the entire population to build cultural life in residential areas, associated with the conservation, promoting the culture of the Dao Thanh Y. Classes of men and women wear embroidered garments of Dao Thanh Y, to form a folk art song, Nom Dao classes and now, these classes have attracted over 100 people attended, most of them are you young generation descendants of Dao Thanh Y.

Many years ago, Dao Thanh Y lives mainly on agriculture, combined with the planting and forest exploitation. They live in each version, each tens to several hundred households. Like other ethnic groups, Dao Thanh Y is the cultural and spiritual life is very rich. In particular, the ceremony for identity is one the best in culture take the form of folk festivals. This is where the custom of all men Dao Thanh Y must experience. Mass is best for rice offering ceremony naming her son. After the customary name of Dao Thanh Y, the son has full right to participate in all activities of the community.

Currently, even in localities also established and developed strong social movement activities folklore in traditional festivals. People under the direction of the government, free to organize traditional festivals constitute the cultural playground for healthy people. Movement demonstrate the value of folklore: Folk music, people dancing, folk music and traditional ethnic games ... from being isolated in only a few people, through this festival has grown wider in some areas of movement of the whole. In fact, the festival is not only to preserve and promote the ethnic identity of people through which many fine traditions of ethnic minorities were also restore a very natural way and promote the right values ​​in life. Here, conservation, promoting cultural values ​​of ethnic surely further the program of building new rural provinces are realizing, in which the focus on driving cultural development traditional ethnic Quang Ninh.

As for the culture of ethnic groups, especially ethnic Dao Thanh Y, are gradually lost, then the preservation and promotion, to reconstruct that cultural values ​​in contemporary life are essential. Quang Ninh province has invested in social development projects By The Center for Conservation cultural ethnic Dao Thanh Y over an area of ​​5.2 ha. This project is outside the conservation of cultural heritage intangible, such as skills classes taught embroidery patterns on traditional costumes, the art form activities and folk games ... while investment in construction works in order to recreate the living space of a Dao Thanh Y to serve tourism.

Unique fire dance festival in Ha Giang


After import the oracle, the young man jumped into the dancing flames without burning or afraid. Fire festival of Pa Then jump in Ha Giang unique, bold mysterious, wild.

Ethnic Pa Then, there were over 5,000 people living mainly in two districts of northern Quang (Ha Giang) and Chiem Hoa (Tuyen Quang). There still remain many festivals and customs from the past to, including fire dancing festival.

Dance festival takes place on fire at any time, when the Pa Then people feel like, feel like the organization. When the cold weather at the time, work leisure; When the rice is happy season, when good news in this, the village gather together to speak up husband and wife married for the children, talking and future then Pa Then people jumped the fire festival organization.

The festival usually begins with the gods to worship. The offerings consist of a sacrifice with incense, a railway now, a chicken, 10 cups of wine, banknotes. A large fire was burning up and he started the ceremony mo. Time to celebrate last 1-2 hours before the festivities began.

When I type in now and do mo worship ceremony, each youth will sit facing oracles. After worshiping the divine oracles, Pa Then the young man as to the strength and courage than mystical, they can jump into a fire within 3 to 4 minutes, do not be afraid or feel something burning.


Those who stood around the fire dance festivals quanhchung eyes dilated with surprise. They were silent as mesmerized, watching the man repeatedly jumping on his bare feet glowing coal pile and then jumping out. Each young people rocking up gradually, then both you turn vibrate, bounce feet, who leaned over and started working on the fire. Glowing cloud of coal dust bounce things fiery hot coal, even for those who just jump into the fire jumped the fire jumped the red. It seems that god gave them the strange power to fire without burning their feet. They dance as if in a fit of love.

This festival is considered as new rice feast, beginning in mid-October and lasts through the lunar New Year. The festival is also considered a form of cultural activities and spiritual nature, demonstrating the extraordinary power of man to brave danger, driving away evil spirits, disease, celebrate a harvest crops just ended and for god bless prosperity.

Da Lat Flower Festival 2012

Get ready for the opening meeting longer than two weeks away, Da Lat Flower Festival will officially take place, but this time, through the city of Da Lat was overwhelming bright color flowers, all the preparations ready for the opening meeting.

Ban Da Lat Flower Festival 2012, said the official opening ceremony will start at 20h00 on 31/12/2011, with an excellent art program, parade float scene, performing arts, light laser and fireworks on the banks of Xuan Huong Lake in Da Lat center.

Da Lat Flower Festival 2012, with 12 flowers space around Xuan Huong Lake area, including Flower Carpet Square area, flowers at Yersin Park, flowers on the Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, Garden City, Garden Bich Questions, beautiful flowers in Hill space Cu, flower fair in the marina, flowers in space for Mr. Dao street parade float before the park opened Xuan Huong, sugar flowers Romance Palace at Dalat Palace hotel, meeting Expo Square village, restaurant gracefully. In addition to this, visitors can join the other flowers in space outlying areas such as the flower villages, tourist areas ...

Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 was preparing a large number of flowers from several months ago, not only of the flowers from the flower village in Da Lat area with a huge number of flowers but also plant more flowers and ornamental plants in the highlights of the city flower festival.

Logo flower festival this year from 1,496 bags shaped flowers that. Da Lat Flower Festival has 9 main programs and 12 programs responded. So far, 36 countries and territories registering to attend Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 show Da Lat Flower Festival is not only national stature, but also influence and received great attention from friends your international.

In 2012, besides extending community tourism, development of new tourism product and increase advanced professional training, marketing skills for people to travel, Sa Pa will lower interest investment floor for tourism, enhance the State management of tourism planning of sales and stop in the town and along the routes of travel. In addition, the district will attempt to resolve phenomena radically smart folk, clinging to tourists.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Indochina Explorer Tour launches new trekking tour to Ha Giang and North Vietnam


Indochina Explorer Tour has launched a 11-day trekking tour package to the North of Vietnam. Joining this trip, travelers will have an opportunity to discover the less travelled areas of Vietnam such as Hoang Su Phi terraced fields, Ha Giang hill tribe villages, Dong Van ancient town and Meo Vac Sunday market...

Travelers will take an overnight train trip from Hanoi and spend a night on board/train before reaching the famous market town of Bac Ha and beyond over one of Vietnam’s highest road passes. Bac Ha market, located in the heart of Bac ha small town is the largest one in the area. Every Sunday, the different and colorful ethnic minority come all here to sell their homemade products or buy something for the family. They are Hmong, Phu La, Back Dzao, Tay or Nung minorities. Some of these ethnic minorities can’t be met in any other areas.

Upon leaving Bac Ha travelers set off on a full day journey through Sin Man and Hoang Su Phi to Ha Giang Town. The rough but scenic route traverses a dense jungle before crossing over a pass and dropping down to Sin Man. This day is a real challenge for our driver as we travel by winding roads with many uphill and downhill drives. Along the way we may encounter the Nung Ing, Tay, Red Dao, Dao Ao Dai, La Chi and Co Lao, just some of the many hill tribe groups who have settled there.

Upon arrival in Ha Giang, travelers will trek to Khau lan village, a small village of the Dao people. You have the unique opportunity to share the daily life of your host family, which might include working in the fields, fetching wood, cutting grass for the livestock and cooking meals.

The next highlight of the trip will focus on the district of Meo Vac. The Transfer take travelers through a beautiful landscape of rolling and imposing mountains and steep valleys leading from Dong Van to Meo Vac District. This is the most remote corner of Vietnam, where the traditional life of ethnic minority people is the most vivid and colorful. If Sunday, travelers will have an opportunity to visit Meo Vac market as well. Groups of Mong, Dao and other ethnic peoples in their colorful costumes walk from every corner of the mountains down to the market to buy and sell life’s necessities as well as oxen, pigs, horses, chicken and other cattle and fowl that ethnic people raise at their homes and on the fields. Visitors will get excited over noisy bargains at the trading area for animals and the tinkling sounds of spoons, pots and bowls when food sellers prepare dishes for patrons and guests to eat at the market.

“After many inspection trips we have made in this remote areas, we were finally able to customize out a 11-day off-the-beaten path trekking itinerary for those who look for the beautiful sceneries, authentic life experience in Vietnam. The trip offers a truly experience of the Vietnamese hilltribe villagers culture.” – According to Mr. Hung – Indochina Explorer Tour Product Manager.

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