Pa Then fire-jumping ceremony highlights ethnic festival
Pa Then fire-jumping ceremony highlights ethnic festival

VOV.VN - “Nhảy lửa”, known as “fire jumping” in English, is a ritual of the Pa Then ethnic minority people which received plenty of attention from visitors at the first festival of ethnic minority groups with a population of less than 10,000 held in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

Pa Then fire-jumping ceremony highlights ethnic festival
Preserving distinctive culture of Cống ethnic people in northern Vietnam
Preserving distinctive culture of Cống ethnic people in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - The Cống ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau celebrate their annual Corn festival in November to report to their ancestors what they have done during the year.

Preserving distinctive culture of Cống ethnic people in northern Vietnam
Co Tu ethnic people preserve traditional weaving
Co Tu ethnic people preserve traditional weaving

VOV.VN - The craft of weaving retains the traditional cultural characteristics of the Co Tu ethnic people who reside in the mountainous areas in the central province of Quang Nam.

Co Tu ethnic people preserve traditional weaving
Special culture of the Lu
Special culture of the Lu

VOV.VN - The Lu ethnic group in Lai Chau province, which has fewer than 10,000 people, has retained its unique culture. The local authorities have helped the group preserve their stilt houses, costumes, festivals, and folk songs.

Special culture of the Lu
Co Tu thanksgiving ceremony for wife’s parents
Co Tu thanksgiving ceremony for wife’s parents

VOV.VN - The Co Tu ethnic group has many special rituals and customs, including a thanksgiving ceremony for the parents of one’s wife that honors family morality and demonstrates the son-in-law’s filial piety towards his wife’s family.

Co Tu thanksgiving ceremony for wife’s parents
Traditional culture of the Tay ethnic group in northern Vietnam
Traditional culture of the Tay ethnic group in northern Vietnam

VOV.VN - A wide range of activities were recently held during a festival of the Tay ethnic group in northern Quang Ninh province, helping both locals and tourists to gain a better understanding about the culture of the ethnic group.

Traditional culture of the Tay ethnic group in northern Vietnam
White Thai ethnic people celebrate young rice festival
White Thai ethnic people celebrate young rice festival

VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people residing in Muong So commune of Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province, are renowned for the Kin Lau Khau Mau festival (or the young rice festival) during which participants gather to pray for favourable weather and bumper crops.

White Thai ethnic people celebrate young rice festival
Ethnic women in skirts play football in mountainous market
Ethnic women in skirts play football in mountainous market

VOV.VN - Ha Lau is the only mountainous commune in Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh province to have an ethnic market, visitors not only take in rich cultures of different ethnic minorities but can also join in exciting football matches played by local ethnic women.

Ethnic women in skirts play football in mountainous market
Vibrant Kate festival of Cham ethnic people in southern Vietnam
Vibrant Kate festival of Cham ethnic people in southern Vietnam

VOV.VN - Thousands of Cham ethnic people and visitors flocked to the Po Klong Garai Temple in Phan Rang City of Ninh Thuan city in south-central Vietnam on October 14 to joyfully celebrate the traditional Kate festival.

Vibrant Kate festival of Cham ethnic people in southern Vietnam
American collector passionate about Vietnam’s ethnic cultures
American collector passionate about Vietnam’s ethnic cultures

VOV.VN - Vietnam is a culturally diverse country that is home to 54 ethnic groups, making it a magnet for many foreigners including Mark Rapoport, an American antique researcher and collector.

American collector passionate about Vietnam’s ethnic cultures