Village festivals still take place in many localities after the Lunar New Year. The traditional vat festival in Chi Dong town, Me Linh (Hanoi) always attracts a large number of people and tourists to watch on the occasion of the 15th day of the first lunar month every year.
At this year's Chi Dong festival, many famous and amateur athletes continued to participate. The closer it gets to the final day, the more good the matches are and the more viewers are attracted.
The highly anticipated encounter is the competition between the city center Pham Van Nam - Vietnam mixed martial arts (MMA) champion of the 56 kg weight class and Nguyen Xuan Lap - who won the gold medal at the 2024 Southeast Asian Games.
Although he is an MMA champion, in his first attempt at a village festival, Pham Van Nam is still a new and inexperienced player compared to his opponent. Therefore, after only 3 sets with a total time of nearly 20 minutes, he was overwhelmed by the "popular" Nguyen Xuan Lap.
One of the interesting features of village festivals in many localities is the audience's huge reward for the winner. This time, Xuan Lap brought a sack to hold the prize money.
On his personal page, the male boxer posted the moment he received flowers and bonuses from people who were directly present at the fair. Many audiences are also cautious about putting bonuses in plastic bottles thrown onto the catwalk. Xuan Lap was even supported with additional pots to hold all the prizes donated by the people.
He and his teammates were excited to take the rewards from the bottles out. The moment the Xuan Lap metropolis held a heavy sack around the stands to thank the audience caused a stir.
The male capital happily explained: "People are wondering too much. In the truck (backpack - PV) there are scrap metal, in the scrap metal there is money". Many people gave many compliments and congratulations to Xuan Lap.
It is not an exaggeration to say that village festivals are both a place for exchange and entertainment, and an opportunity for athletes to earn extra income at the beginning of the new year.
