- Discovering Culture, customs of ethnic people in Sapa

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Coming to Sapa is not only conquering the majestic Fansipan peak. Or drop your soul in front of the romantic Heaven Gate, admire the mysterious Ham Rong mountain ... but also learn about the cultural and social practices that have been marked in Vietnamese history for a long time. Sa Pa has 6 ethnic groups Kinh, Mong, Dao, Xa Pho, Tay, Giay living in the community. This community of ethnic groups creates a very unique cultural identity of Sa Pa. Therefore, the characteristics of Sa Pa cultural tourism are reflected in the folk cultural heritage of the ethnic groups, it breathes soul into Sapa. tourism, forming a resource for tourism development
 1. Festivals
The treasure of folk cultural heritage is rich in identity and is quite rich in many different forms. Festivals of ethnic groups in Sa Pa are very special, and they are also bold with many ancient religious elements. The festival takes place in the early spring months and is mainly within a village. However, in Muong Hoa, some festivals extend to an entire region, an ancient Muong. The H'mong people have a ceremony "No Song" (an oath at the beginning of the year) held on the first day of the first month in the forbidden forest of the whole village. After making offerings to the gods, everyone in the village discussed the construction of the incense. A year, the Mong people have up to 1 ceremony, including the "Tu su" ceremony to worship the green dragon which is very attractive. The "Nhat Song" festival of the Dao people is held on the first or second day of the Lunar New Year with a combination of folk art forms, that is: the art of dancing and music interwoven with the art of music. military, exorcism ...), the art of words tells about the legends of the Ban, Trieu, Dang ..., about the merits of ancestors, about the legend of some gods in the temple of thousands of gods of the Dao. Among the festivals of ethnic groups in Sa Pa, the Giay "Giong booc" festival has a large scale, attracting thousands of Giay, Mong, and Dao people in the Muong Hoa valley to participate. The Xa Pho people in Nam Sang hold a "village sweep" festival on the 2nd day of the second lunar month with many rituals to exorcise evil spirits and pray for peace. Currently, the scale of traditional festivals of ethnic groups is expanded to attract more tourists.

New Year's Festival Spring Festival at the beginning of the New Year

2. Customs
The customs of the ethnic groups in Sa Pa have many unique features, associated with the human life cycle, the cycle of crops and livestock. It is the same ceremony to name a newborn baby, but each ethnic group has a different ritual. In the Tay, only grandmothers have the right to name grandchildren. In Xa Pho people, only shaman or brother-in-law,brother-in-law (uncle) has the right to name the child. H'mong people name babies in the sound of vibrating music, the lullaby of their grandmothers. The wedding customs of different ethnic groups are also very different. The wedding ceremony of the Mong people is a unique folk cultural activity. In Their wedding ceremony has the custom of "pulling the wife", there are rituals of the matchmaker's singing (singing to open the door, singing for a place to hang an umbrella, singing for medicine, wine, etc.). The wedding ceremony of the Red Dao people uses a lively orchestra consisting of trumpets, drums, gongs, and Thanh la. In particular, there are 72 songs blowing during the wedding ceremony, including songs to invite ancestors, set up a trumpet table, announce the news, greet the wedding master, greet the matchmakers... The wedding ceremony of the Tay people is very solemn, the bride must ride a pink horse, accompanied by her brother-in-law leading the horse…