Cultural, sport activities excite people during "Xip xi" Festival

Various cultural activities and folk games took place at the historical site of Chu communal house in Quang Huy commune, Phu Yen district on August 16, within the framework of this year’s “Tet xip xi” (Xip xi Festival), drawing a large number of people and tourists.

 

Chu communal house in Chieng Ha hamlet, Quang Huy commune, Phu Yen district - the place where the “Xip xi” Festival 2024 is held.

This year's festival includes a unique space offering a chance for visitors to experience the culture of the Thai ethnic group, including traditional weaving, brocade weaving and cake making, and art performances of gongs and ‘dam duong’ (rice grinding).

The activities of experiencing spinning and weaving helped the younger generation and tourists understand the process of creating traditional brocade fabrics.

In addition, the organisers also displayed and introduced OCOP (one commune one product) items and typical local agricultural products.

Delegates visit the OCOP booth of Uyen Thuan Cooperative in Phu Yen town.
A chopstick making competition at the festival. 
Visitors experience the bamboo bridge game.
The "O an quan" folk game.
The "danh yen" game attracts crowds

Traditional folk games of the Thai ethnic group such as "danh yen", "danh dao", “crossing bamboo bridge” and "o an quan" brought interesting experiences to locals and visitors regarding the unique features of life.

Notably, there was a chopstick making competition, attracting the participation of 14 teams with 28 artisans from localities in the district. In half an hour, the artisans quickly split bamboo and made chopsticks that meet all the criteria of length and diameter. At the end of the competition, the Huy Ha commune team won the first prize with 16 pairs of chopsticks completed.

Experiencing brocade embroidery.

Visitors experience the brocade weaving loom of the Thai ethnic group.

A gong space at the festival.

Cultural experience activities and traditional folk games created an exciting atmosphere, helping the locality promote and introduce beautiful traditional cultural features to tourists. This was also an opportunity for the district to build cultural tourism products in the following years.

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