Northwestern culture to be featured at 6th Ban Flower Festival
The Ban Flower Festival 2019 in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will feature activities imbued with the cultural identities of the northwest region.
Scene taken from a Ban Flower Festival (Photo: vietnamtourism.gov.vn)
DienBien (VNA) – The Ban Flower Festival2019 in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will feature activities imbued withthe cultural identities of the northwest region.
The information was revealed at a meeting on October 15 in Dien Bien, whichaimed to collect opinions on the event’s organisation from representatives of relevantdepartments, sectors, and agencies.
Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism DoanVan Chi announced that the event will take place from March 13-18, 2019.
The main activities will be held at several sites around Dien Bien Phu city, includingthe opening ceremony on March 16, an art performance, a low-range fireworkperformance, a beauty contest, and a street carnival.
The festival will also feature entertainment activities imbuedwith the cultural identities of ethnic groups in Dien Bien in particular and thenorthwest region in general, such as a folk music and dance festival, a foodfestival, and an exhibition introducing tourism products and services in thelocality.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le VanQuy, who is also head of the festival organisation board, asked relevantdepartments, sectors, and localities to contribute to building the scenario,regulations, and agenda for the event.
The Ban Flower Festival is an annual cultural event of DienBien province, which began in 2014 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary ofDien Bien Phu’s victory. The festival aims to preserve and promote the culturalvalues of Dien Bien’s ethnic groups and introduce and promote the image of DienBien province and the Ban tree, which is symbolic for the northwest region ofVietnam.
The festival is also hoped to contribute to upholding Dien Bien province’s culturalheritage and promoting tourism development in the locality.
March 13, 1954 was the opening day of the Dien Bien Phu Battle and the date wasselected as the opening day of the annual Ban flower festival of Dien Bien. However,next year, March 13 is Monday and therefore the organising team plans to openthe event one day earlier to make it more accessible for visitors. –VNA
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Scene taken from a Ban Flower Festival (Photo: vietnamtourism.gov.vn) 
