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| Khau Vai Love Market Festival |
Love Market event is held in
in Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province on lunar March 26th and 27th. It
has attracting thousands of visitors each year.
Attending love market, tourists will easily reach two
temples named Ong and Ba temples. The festival is derived from a sad story.
According to folklore, there was a boy and a girl born in different tribes on
the Dong Van Plateau. They fell in love with each other but were prohibited
from the two families. There were some fierce battles occurred between the two
tribes and caused lots of people dead. To stop the conflict, they had to break
up but promise to meet once a year on lunar March 26th in Khau Vai. Since then,
Khai Vai love Market festival develops widely and become a perfect celebration
for those who are in love but can not marry to come and meet each other again.
Also, it is a great opportunity for girls and boys to understand each other and
show their love. Time goes by but its meaning still remains and attract people
in Vietnam to attend.
Moreover, Khau Vai love market Festival also helps some
spouses to make their life balance. In
details, spouses are able to go to the market with the aims of finding their
partners to share their feelings they can't do with their lovers. Like Paris,
this event is naturally considered as the symbol of love and romance of the
Vietnamese people. This is one of the great attractions of Vietnam Holidays that every tourist shouldn't miss.
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| Khau Vai Love Market |
In addition, this occasion support people an excellent calendar
helping predict the rainfall for their crop in that year. Attendees tend to
wish for a good harvests and luck as
well as take part in exciting activities for relaxation.
The second day is focused on boiled rice contest and heaping up a sandy mountain to pray for rain.
On the last day of this occasion, visitors will have the chance to participate
the celebration of washing the Buddha’s statue and Buddhist monks to show their
deep gratitude of the Buddha.
