Welcome performance for the Festival by Viet Bac College of Culture and Arts

Bell-dance mass performance by 100 Dao Tien women

Delegates attending the Festival

During the opening program, delegates and local residents enjoyed an arts program and a mass bell-dance performance by 100 Dao Tien women. Visitors also had the opportunity to take part in the Khau Nua Lech Young Rice Flake Fragrance Contest, visit and explore the booths, shop for local products and enjoy local cuisine. The “Back to the Roots” run and the Ngan Son Commune Open Volleyball Tournament also contributed to the Festival's vibrant atmosphere.

Scene of the Khau Nua Lech Young Rice Flake Fragrance Contest

Delegates visiting local specialty booths

Delivering the opening remarks at the Festival, Comrade Duong Thi Phuong Que, Chairwoman of Ngan Son Commune People's Committee, emphasized that the Festival was not only an occasion to introduce the homeland's distinctive products, but also the beginning of a journey to spread Ngan Son's unique values and distinctive character. Through the fragrance of young rice flakes and the taste of chestnuts, Ngan Son presents visitors with a land steeped in tradition, with a distinctive cultural identity, beautiful natural landscapes, valuable historical and cultural relics and down-to-earth, warm-hearted and hospitable people. She expressed the hope that these values would continue to spread after the Festival.