Twenty three gong troupes from across the country together with two foreign art troupes from Laos and the Republic of Korea joined the event to relive a legendary conversation between ancient people and contemporary people.

The festival will run until November 24 with a wide range of interesting activities, including four main gala nights at the Dak Lak ethnic minority cultural museum and a street festival with traditional rituals of ethnic minority people in the central highland region.

The festival introduces not only the cultural features of central highland ethnic minority groups but also local tourism potential to foreigners.

         Lu Ngoc Cu, chairman of the Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee 

                                                       Ede gong set

                                  Festival rehearsal by a bonfire

                                  Happy to join the festival

       Gong troupe from Muong ethnic minority group in north Hoa Binh province

                      Gong performance by RoK troupe

                      Korean artists exchange with visitors

                  Central Highland music composer Nguyen Cuong with fans