Long Tong festival in Ba Be National Park

On the morning of February 14^th  (January 10^th, lunar year of Ky Hoi), in Bo Lu village, Nam Mau commune, Ba Be district held the opening ceremony of “Long Tong Festival” in 2019. Long Tong Festival this year was held under favorable weather, so right before the opening ceremony, there were a lot of people and tourists visiting Ba Be Lake area in general and nesting area. Festival organizers in particular to join in the activities of the festival.

Long Tong Ba Be festival is organized annually, this is the cultural and spiritual activity of Ba Be people. Since 2014, Ba Be Cage Festival has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Before the opening ceremony, the Festival Organizing Committee organized a ceremony to worship at An Ma temple to pray for the Thai people ‘s national security, good and favorable rain and good crops.

The festival includes the ceremony and the festival. The ceremony was held solemnly with the performance of the lion dance – lion – dragon, the procession of incense, the burning of incense, the offering of ceremonies, the drums of the initiation and the beating. The trays were carefully prepared by the communes and towns in the district to offer to the river gods, mountain spirits and spirits, praying for a new year with favorable rain and wind, bumper crops, and all things to flourish. , the house is warm and happy. The festival is organized with a lot of exciting activities through activities: competes in sports and sports, organizes folk games, performing arts; exhibition of outstanding OCOP, books, newspapers, pictures, culture and art products of Bac Kan province …

In addition to the contents of the annual festival, the 2019 “ Long Tong Ba Be Festival” has two more competitions: Stitching and making Day cakes; create a diverse space for visitors to participate and experience folk games.

At the Long Tong Festival – Ba Be Lakes 2019, Bac Kan Tourism Promotion Information Center cooperated with Bac Kan Newspaper Association to hold the spring newspaper exhibition, promoting Ba Be tourism in particular and Bac Kan tourism in general. come to tourists inside and outside the province and internationally when coming to the festival …

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Comrade Ma Thi Cu – Vice Chairman of District People’s Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of “Long Tong Festival – Ba Be National Park” in 2019 emphasized: “The Long Tong Ba Be Festival” is a great cultural event of Bac Kan province in general and Ba Be district in particular. The festival was organized to contribute positively to honoring, preserving and promoting the unique traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic communities in the area. At the same time, it also set great responsibility to the locality in preserving, and promoting the heritage value to promote tourism development, contributing to local socio-economic development, step by step, building a brand and promoting Ba Be Lake tourism, National intangible heritage level to visitors.

After the opening drum, there are exciting cultural, artistic and sporting activities, recreating traditional folk games of people in Ba Be Lake area. Coming to Ba Be Festival, visitors also get to experience Ba Be tourist area including: Ba Be National Park Ecotourism, Pac Ngoi Village, Ba Be Lakes, An Ma Temple, Hua Cave Ma, the old Pho pagoda, take photos at the beautiful flower gardens next to Ho … Tourists not only can visit the beautiful landscapes of nature, witness with their own eyes, but also participate in cultural activities traditional sports, games of ethnic groups.

|Read more: Ba Be National Park Travel Guide