Spring Festival 2024 commemorates President Ho Chi Minh

Over 1,000 athletes, artisans, and amateur artists from communes and wards in Son La city joined the Spring Festival in commemoration of late President Ho Chi Minh at the Tay Bac (Northwest) Square on February 13 (the fourth day of the first lunar month).

The event aimed to celebrate the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the Lunar New Year of the Dragon,

Crowds attend Spring Festival 2024

The festival started with a special art programme which included singing and dancing performances praising the country's innovation and the glory of the Party, by singers, amateur artists, and officials and employees of the Media-Culture Centre of Son La city.

Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Lo Minh Hung beats the drum to open the festival.

Visitors were impressed by a ‘xoe’ dance performance combined with a great unity dance of communes and wards in the city. Within 15 minutes, the teams showed off their creativity in the most unique way by combining traditional Thai xoe dances, such as raising scarves to invite wine, back and forth xoe, tossing scarves, xoe bo bon, xoe vong, clapping and dancing in a circle, and xoe in rituals.

 Competition teams of communes and wards perform xoe dance combined with great unity dance.


Within the framework of the festival, there were also sport activities, and folk game competitions such as ‘To mak le’, cloth ball throwing, and tug of war. The Spring Festival wrapped up with a great unity dance, with the participation of artisans and amateur artists from communes and wards to create a festive atmosphere and motivation for a successful new year.

Teams engage in ‘To mak le’ competition
Cloth ball throwing
A great unity dance at Spring Festival 2024.
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