Thousands brave heavy rain for buckwheat flower fest
(VOV) -Despite heavy rain, thousands of visitors on November 12 flocked to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang for the opening ceremony of The Buckwheat (Fagopyrum Esculentum) flower festival.
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Themed “The karst plateau – thousand blooming flowers”, the event featured excellent art performances reappearing the legend of the buckwheat flower. |
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| Visitors were very excited for the first ever event |
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| Tran Duc Quy, Deputy Chairman of the Ha Giang People's Committee said the festival aimed to honour the unique cultural values of Dong Van Karst Plateau, and contribute to developing the buckwheat flower into tourism brand of the karst plateau and also Ha Giang province. |
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| The festival attracted the participation of professional artists from ethnic minority groups including Dao, Mong, Tay, Nung, Lo Lo, PuPeo, and Bo Y. |
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| The stage was decorated with Buckwheat flowers |
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| Art performance reproducing the Forest God Worship ceremony of Pu Peo ethnic minority group |
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Beautiful ethnic girls in colourful dresses |
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| Flame dancing of Pa Then minority group |
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| The festival will last till November 15 |
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| The buckwheat plant grows in clusters of small pinkish white flowers and produces triangular shaped edible seeds.The flowers are sensitive to sunlight, changing their colour from white in early morning to pink in late afternoon. |