The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with five northern mountainous provinces, opened the second Thai Cultural Festival 2019, in Dien Bien province’s Dien Bien Phu City, on October 18.
A mass performance of the "xoe" dance, a traditional dance of Thai ethnic people, at the festival's opening ceremony on October 18 (Photo: VNA)
DienBien (VNA) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with five northernmountainous provinces, opened🅠 thesecond Thai Cultural Festival 2019, in Dien Bien province’s DienBien Phu city, on October 18.
Nearly600 artists from the five provinces of Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Baiand Thanh Hoa, along with an art troupe of Luang Namtha province in Laos, aswell as a large number of people from all ethnic groups in Dien Bien, attendedthe event.
With thetheme "Conservation and promotion of Thai cultural identity in theperiod of integration and national development", the festival runs until October 20.
Speakingat the opening ceremony, a representative of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism emphasised the significance and importanceof the festival, which highlights the traditional cultural values of the Thai people, especially “mua xoe”,a traditional dance of Thai ethnic people which has been recognised asnational intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism.
Thefestival is also a good ꦗopportunity to promote the unique cultural tourismpotential of Dien Bien provincein partꦺicular and the Northwest region in general, he added.
Various cultural, sport and tourism activities are being held,such as a show of traditionalThai ethnic costumes, demonstrationsof cultural activities of Thai ethnic groups, and promotion of local tourism products.
Visitors can also ꦍlearn about Thai ethnic groups’ brocade weaving skillsand take part in folk games such as stilt-walking, crossbow shooting, and tugof war./.
The second Thai ethnic cultural festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on October 18-20 with the aim of preserving and promoting cultural identities of Thai ethnic group in the process of national integration and development.
The second Thai Ethnic Culture Festival 2019 will take place in the northern province of Dien Bien from October 18-20, featuring the cultural identity of Thai ethnic minority people in Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa provinces.
Much like the Vietnamese ao dai, the defining garment of the Thai ethnic minority people of the north-western mountains is a simple scarf, known as Pieu scarf.
As many as 600 artisans and artists from Thai ethnic groups of Son La, Lai chau, Yen Bai, Thanh Hoa and Dien Bien provinces are expected to join the second Thai ethnic cultural festival in Dien Bien from October 18 to 20.
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A mass performance of the "xoe" dance, a traditional dance of Thai ethnic people, at the festival's opening ceremony on October 18 (Photo: VNA) 
