In 2 days 8 and 9.2 (ie 11 and 12 January of At Ty 2025), Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province organized the Spring Festival, the Xo May festival attracted a large number of local people and tourists to visit , experience.
At the beginning of Xo May festival, Muong Lai commune is a ritual of worshiping Na Ngam communal house, recognized as a provincial cultural and historical monument in 2014.
After the ceremony, the festival took place with the music performances bearing the folk songs, the performance of Duong with 525 mass actors participated.
Besides, there are sports activities, folk games such as tug of war, hitting, walking on stilts, pounding thick wheels, competing for leather volleyball.
In addition, people in the villages make stalls selling agricultural products, costumes, traditional living utensils of people in the area. In the evening, the music show and fireworks screens take place.
Mr. Trieu Van Huan, Head of Culture and Information Department of Luc Yen district, said that Duong Thuong was a traditional dance of the Tay people in every early spring to invite the gods and ancestors Warm, lucky, rice full of rice, cattle are full of cages ...
The festival not only preserves the national cultural identity but also contributes to promoting tourism. In recent years, people are more aware of the value of the festival, voluntarily contribute efforts and funds to maintain. All activities are organized closely with the coordination between local authorities and villages.
