Festivals in Bac Kan

Festivals in Bac Kan

Long Tong Festival
Time: 10th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Nam Mau Commune, Ba Be District, Bac Kan Province.
Characteristics: Spring festival annual of the ethnic minorities usually arranged near Ba Be Lake, attracts many people.
The typical folk games for spring festival of the ethnic minorities of North-East mountainous area: sticks pushing, tug of wars contest, con throwing, giao duyen singing. In recent years, people arranged the contest of village singing between two hamlets of Tay and Dao minorities.      

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Xuan Duong Festival
Time: 25th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Na Ri District, Bac Kan Province.
Characteristics: The festival of the Tay, Nung, Dao; traditional cultural activities: folk song singing.      

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