If part 1 Frontier Travel talked about when is the best time for Vietnamese people to go on a spring trip, the places to travel on a motorbike trip near Hanoi. In this article, we will mention festivals farther from Hanoi that are more adventure tours. A familiar place for travelers, nowhere else is the Northwest.
The Northwest has long been famous not only for its majestic natural scenery, but also for countless unique ethnic festivals. Northwest highland festivals are diverse, rich and bearing the imprint of ethnic minorities here. Do not hesitate to join Frontier Travel to discover interesting and unique things in the Northern Vietnam motorbike tour.
Special festivals on Sapa motorbike tour
Sapa must not be a strange place for people who love Vietnam motorbike tours. Because you will not be able to resist the dreamy beauty of the Northwest mountains. The roads here are really attractive, attracting all eyes.
Each time, Sapa will bring you many different emotions. Every spring, Sapa will attract you by the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities. Let's explore the cultural features of the ethnic groups through the highland festivals here.
Spring festival of Tay and Dao ethnic groups
If you choose the Sapa motorbike tour during the Tet holiday of the Vietnamese people, you should visit the Spring Festival of the Tay and Dao ethnic groups. It is held on the 8th day of the Lunar New Year every year. This is the most unique highland festival in Sapa attracting thousands of locals and tourists from near and far to attend.
To bring more emotion to the Vietnam adventure tour, you can join the folk games of our compatriots. The game that only in Vietnam has, surely you will have a much more adventurous feeling. Folk games, such as throwing bamboo, pushing sticks, tug of war, spinning, hitting the ball, blindfolded to catch goats, climbing fat poles, etc., are organized to create a joyful and exciting atmosphere for locals and travelers in the first days of the new year.
Gau Tao Festival of the Hmong ethnic group in Lao Cai
At the beginning of spring, all over the highland villages of the Mong people, everywhere is filled with the atmosphere to welcome spring. One of the festivals to visit when Sapa motorbike tours is Gau Tao Festival.
Gau Tao is a unique festival of the H'mong people that has existed for a long time, and is always looked forward to by everyone in the early spring, but this festival has not been held for many years. However, it has been reorganized in some Hmong areas such as: Pha Long - Muong Khuong; San Sa Ho - Sa Pa; Phong Lien - Bao Thang ... creates a bustling atmosphere in early spring throughout the Hmong areas in Lao Cai.
Depending on the Hmong region, the festival is held on different days. According to the previous tradition of the Mong people, the festival is usually held from the 2nd to the 4th day of the Lunar New Year, many regions choose to hold it on the day of the year (dragon) of the beginning of the year to pray for favorable rain and good harvest. In autumn, people have a warm and happy life.
Fire dance festival of Red Dao people
One of the unique, strange, and well known spring festivals in the Northwest highlands is the fire dance festival. Fire dance festivals are usually held by Dao and Pa Then ethnic groups from the end of the year to the full moon day of the first lunar month.
How does the fire dance festival take place?
Participants in the fire dance festival are men and boys in the village. On the yard burned a large pile of firewood, when the pile of firewood burned and embers, the shaman began to perform the ceremony. The boys participating in the fire dance will hop in front of the altar and then rush into the middle of the fiery red coals to dance with their bare feet without fear of burning. If you don't believe it's real, you can visit the festival during this Vietnam motorbike tour!
Each person usually dances on fire for 3-4 minutes, then continues to hop on to perform the ceremony at the altar. A person can participate in the fire dance many times, the skillful and agile fire dancer always receives the admiration and admiration of the festival participants.
Each festival in Sapa brings its own cultural characteristics of each ethnic group, strange but extremely interesting. This spring, come to Sapa motorbike tour to experience the warm atmosphere and continue this Northern Vietnam motorbike tour!
Spring arrives on Moc Chau
Summer comes, Moc Chau brings the majestic and magnificent beauty of the Northwest natural mountains and forests. Changing seasons, Moc Chau is familiar to everyone with the poetic and gentle beauty of a young girl in the Northwest mountainous region. With the chilly air, the hidden fog table makes many people excited when they first arrive here. This spring, Moc Chau is famous for its white blooms, white plum blossoms, and hills of white canola flowers. How many times have you tried the Moc Chau motorbike tour? Travel in Moc Chau this season, do not forget to visit special festivals such as:
Hoa Ban Festival of Thai people
Every year, on the occasion of the second lunar month, the weather begins to be warm and sunny after the spring rains, people all over the world welcome the Moc Chau motorbike tourism season, Ban flowers begin to bloom white in the Northwest mountains and forests. promises a bountiful harvest in the fields and gardens.
Instead of forests and mountains with the same message, this season's Moc Chau motorbike tour will give you the feeling of conquering the roads to see the muse from afar.
Muong village praying festival
Vietnam motorbike tour, don't forget to visit the praying festival. This is the festival of the Thai ethnic group in Mai Chau, Thuan Chau, Moc Chau and the Muong ethnic group. The festival is held at the end of January and the beginning of February of the lunar calendar every year. This festival is associated with the custom of killing buffaloes and giving thanks to the gods, which are represented by the images of water gods, floating ...
Above are the festivals in the North that are most welcome every spring New Year that Frontier Travel would like to introduce to you. If you have the opportunity, remember to visit these festivals imbued with national cultural identity. And don't miss them on your Vietnam motorbike tour.
