Vietnam Travel - Hometown Festival to Explore Vietnamese Foods, Culture

The 3rd annual My Hometown Festival, which explores Vietnamese foods and culture, will take place from February 22-24. Saigontourist Holding Company, in collaboration with the HCMC Tourism Department and Binh Quoi Tourist Village, will organize the event from 5-10 p.m. at the Van Thanh Tourist Area.

The festival will be comprised of a collection of Vietnamese food and folk activities. Cultural events will be interspersed with culinary displays. Attendees will be able to enjoy food, entertainment, traditional handicrafts and market wares at the festival. This year's decorations and venue is expected to be more attractive than in the past.

Cultural activities will include a countryside market display featuring bartering and trading and popular folk games such as pillar climbing, bamboo pole dancing, fish fighting and stilt walking. In addition, a collection of old toys will be on display along with instructions on how to construct them. Attendees will also learn about the production process of local handicrafts from several provinces such as bamboo basket and mat weaving, brocade weaving, pottery and cooking with wine.

There will also be a team competition among a number of provinces in various folk art activities. Highlights from the music program include folk songs and traditional music from the three regions, Khmer five-sound music and Cham dancing. The music program will also include a performance of bamboo instruments by musicians from the Central Highlands and a Tay Son kung fu music performance by musicians from the Quang Trung Museum.

The true highlight of the festival will be the tremendous selection of 200+ folk dishes and drinks. Specialties from the north, south and central regions including Vung Tau water lily vermicelli soup, Soc Trang pea pancake, Viet Bac roasted pig, Ben Co-Tra Vinh rice vermicelli and of course, pho will be served.

Attendees will also be treated to traditional wines including Bo Nam (Bac Kan), San Lung (Lao Cai), Lang Van (Bac Giang), Mau Son (Lang Son) and Tung Ba (Ha Giang). Go Den from Long An, Phu Le from Ben Tre, Sim wine from Phu Quoc Island, Amakong from Dak Lak and Can wine from Dalat will also be served. Tickets are priced at VND120,000 per person.

By: Jim Olivero

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