Da Lat located in
Vietnam's highland with many ethnic minorities. So, Da Lat has many festivals. If you are spending time on your research, you will easily realize that Da Lat is absolutely well worth a visit, and especially it is better to come here on season of festivals. Let’s see how wonderful those festivals are.
Da Lat Flower Festival
It is probable to say that the festival has gradually become a glittering characteristic in the culture of Da Lat as the thought that the event is associated with the romantic highland city is leaking into the Vietnamese’s mind. As for the aim of Da Lat flower festival, to encourage the economic growth of Da Lat and popularize the city’s tourism as well as its beautiful image, the event is where vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants from the locals are displayed and introduced to visitors. The exhibition is also considered to be the best approach to the potential investment in Da Lat flower industry from other places whereby the culture and people of Da Lat will be more well-known.
Da Lat flower festival has been organized every two years since 2005. Regularly at the end of the year. It is also an exclusive tourist product which attracts lots of domestic and foreign tourists. The main stage of this festival is put on the water surface of
Xuan Huong lake and Lam Vien square.
Gong Cultural Festival
Be curious about Gong Festival? At first, let yourself grab a little understanding of what Gong is? In fact, Vietnam people don’t simply mention Gong in their culture, instead, they will talk about the space of Gong culture in Vietnam Highlands. The gong culture was designated as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on November 15th, 2005.
The space of Gong culture in
Vietnam Highlands stretches in highland provinces, such as Daknong, Gialai,
Kontum, Lamdong, and
Daklak. Artists performing that culture are ethnic minorities, including Ma, Ede, Bana, Lach, etc. What makes up the gong culture’s performance consist of Gong music melody, Chime, artists, long-houses, fields, graveyard, forests next to villages, etc. As for Gong Cultural Festival, it will take place in the above highland provinces in turn. Tourists coming to Da Lat, Lam Dong in the occasion when the city plays a role as the host can learn more about unique and quintessential features in the gong culture. It is really fantastic.
Tea Cultural Festival
Previously, Tea Cultural Festival – one of the festivals in
Da Lat city used to be a periodic event held once each two years with the purpose of honoring the tea industry; the first flower festival took place in December, 2006. It is supposed that the festival is not merely a cultural event, but it is also a lever to push up the economic and tourism development of Da Lat. Specifically, it is where Vietnamese tea enterprises grab chances to popularize their brands. Besides, visitors experiencing the festival in Da Lat city can know more about the art of making tea and sample amazingly fragrant kinds of tea.
Nonetheless, because of some reasons making the tea producing industry go down, in the next time, Tea Cultural Festival will be organized as a part of Da Lat Flower Festival instead of taking place separately as usual. Therefore, it will be great to join Tea Cultural Festival when you are also enjoying Da Lat flower festival.
Buffalo Stabbing Festival
Every year, at the end of the crop (year-end), ethic minorities organize the greatest festival of the year to offer sacrifice Ndu God and other gods and genies to express their gratitude to the gods who have provided the villagers and tribes with a prosperous year with many lucks and a good crop. This festival is name Sarơpu (buffalo eating Festival) and commonly called Buffalo Stabbing Festival.
The first thing to do is putting a tree called ‘Neu’ which indicates their desires for wellness and happiness indispensable in this festival.
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