New Rice Festival 2024 in Ngoc Chien commune great success

After two days of vibrant and distinctive cultural, art and sports activities, the New Rice Festival 2024 wrapped up on the afternoon of August 30 at Muong Chien Stadium in Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district.

 The New Rice Festival 2024 in Ngoc Chien commune closes.

The event featured a range of lively activities that attracted a large number of local residents and visitors. It aimed to restore, preserve, and promote the beautiful traditional cultural values of the ethnic groups; to encourage the community in building a cultural life, and expand the cultivation of sticky rice fields.

Additionally, the festival was to enhance the promotion and introduction of the potential and cultural identities of the Muong La district's ethnic groups in general, and the distinctive culture of Ngoc Chien commune in particular. The event sought to attract tourists from both within and outside the province to experience and seek opportunities for investment, exchange, cooperation, development, and deeper integration.

 A leader of Ngoc Chien commune presents the first prize to competing teams.
A contestant from Phay hamlet wins the first prize at a contest featuring the ethnic costumes and beauty of Ngoc Chien girls.

At the closing ceremony, the organising board awarded the first, second, and third prizes to the participating teams across various events at the festival. These events included ngu kin khiet (snake eating frog) and sua kin mu (tiger eating pig) competitions; men’s and women’s football matches; “to yen” competition, art performances; sticky rice cake making, fishing and culinary contests, stilt walking, balance beam walking and traditional costume competitions, and a contest featuring the ethnic costumes and beauty of Ngoc Chien girls.

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