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A highlight
in the framework of celebration of 110 years of
SaPa is
street festival with the theme "Colourful Sapa", took place
at the town's square.
 The show "Colourful Sapa" gathered more than 400 artists
from the provincial Ethnic Arts troupe, High School of
Culture, Arts and Tourism, the units from the Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism, artisans in the province and
amateur artists... participate in parades. The artists
performing arts showcase displaying bold nuances of ethnic
minority peoples in the region Hmong, red Dzao, Tay, Zay...
in a variety of topics such as Sapa flower forest, Sapa -
wine, Sapa - herbal medicine, Hmong panpipe, rice terrace
culture...In the pulsalting drums of Bo Y people from
Muong
Khuong district and
Red Dzao people from
Ta Phin village,
the parades went past the central square and through the
streets Thach Son, junior school Kim Dong - Ngu Chi Son. On
route, the procession stopped at Thach Son - Xuan Vien
intersections so that people can enjoy the lively and
original shows. After the festival drum show, visitors will
be immersed in the flavours of Sapa, the colourful flowers
of cold regions that have captivated a lot of tourists. The
image "city in the fog" will be recreated in the street
festival. Sapa characterized flowere such as Rose, Thuoc
Duoc, Do Quyen, Plum, Sun Flower, Orchid....will be held in
hand by artists and performed along the streets in the show
titled "Sapa Flower Forest".
Alcohol is also a character selected to perform at the
festival. The performance Sapa - Wine introduced some of
Sapa's characterized wines such as Thanh Kim wine, Son Tra,
herbal wine, Plum wine of
Ta Van village...the boys and
girls in white dresses performed the wine offering dances
with many fun activities like inviting the wine, funding
toasts, drinking ... Street festival SaPa is not mixed with
street festivals anywhere because of art activities shown in
the parade. The street festival was elaborately organized
for the first time with many new and fascinating activities
has captured attention of tourists present at the magical
night in Sapa. Although it was the first festival in Sapa it
has attracted a lot of visitors and received positive
feedback, which is also the driving force for
Lao Cai to
explore better tourist products in order to propagate and
promote tourism in the province. Also at the festival, the
organizing committee honoured 80 donours for their
contribution to the 110 year ceremony of Sapa with total
funding 1.9 billion Vietnam Dong. |
