Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds
Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds

VOV.VN - Thousands of people flocked to the Xo May festival in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai with the intention of praying for luck in the new lunar year.

Xo May festival in Yen Bai province excites crowds
Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival
Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival

VOV.VN - Poon Poong is an ancient festival celebrated by the Muong ethnic minority people in Thanh Hoa province during the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Muong people welcome Lunar New Year with Poon Poong festival
Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam
Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic people in northern Lai Chau province organize their traditional spring festival called Gầu Tào on the first days of the first lunar month to thank heaven and earth for wealth and good harvests, and to pray for a peaceful, prosperous and happy new year.

Distinctive Gau Tao spring festival of the Mong in northern Vietnam
Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring
Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring

VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people in Dien Bien province, northern Vietnam, make Khẩu xén, a kind of cake made of from sticky rice and fresh cassava roots, for daily use as well as during spring festivals.

Thai ethnic group make special cake to celebrate new spring
Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day
Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Hmong ethnic people have treasured the custom of getting water on New Year’s Day for years, hoping that the new year may bring them health, good luck, and bumper crops.

Hmong people pin hopes on custom of getting water on New Year’s Day
Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam
Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - A new spring has come, and the Red Dao ethnic people of the mountainous northern province of Yen Bai are celebrating their Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in their own way.

Discovering the Tet holiday of Red Dao people in northern Vietnam
Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture
Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture

VOV.VN - To preserve and promote their culture, artisans, village chiefs, and other interested people in Lai Chau province have organized classes to teach the language of their ethnic group.

Lai Chau ethnic minority groups preserve traditional culture
Unique wedding procedures of the Ede
Unique wedding procedures of the Ede

VOV.VN - The Ede people are matriarchal so weddings are normally initiated by women.

Unique wedding procedures of the Ede
Nung An ethnic people preserve unique craft of making conical hats
Nung An ethnic people preserve unique craft of making conical hats

VOV.VN - The Nung An ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang have preserved their unique craft of making conical hats for years.

Nung An ethnic people preserve unique craft of making conical hats
The bride-welcoming ceremony of the Giay ethnic people
The bride-welcoming ceremony of the Giay ethnic people

VOV.VN - The Giay ethnic people in the north-western mountainous province of Lai Chau consider the wedding, including the bride-welcoming ceremony, to be the happiest event in the couple’s life.

The bride-welcoming ceremony of the Giay ethnic people