Addressing the opening ceremony, Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Committee of Soc Trang province Huynh Thi Diem Ngoc, the festival features the cultural identities of the Khmer ethnic people in Soc Trang province.

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An art performance during the event

The Ok Om Bok festival will run until November 27 with a series of cultural activities, such as the Moon Offering Ceremony, a ritual releasing of buoyant paper lanterns into the air and on the river, food fair, photo exhibition, singing contest, trade fair promoting OCOP products, a ceremony offering a record to a painting made of ST rice in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang for the biggest of its kind, and many traditional rituals will be held during the Ok Om Bok Festival.

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Vice Chairwoman of the People’s Committee of Soc Trang province Huynh Thi Diem Ngoc speaks at the event.

“It is also a chance to preserve and promote the traditional cultures of the Khmer people, tighten solidarity among ethnic minority groups, while boosting cultural exchange, trade cooperation, and tourism, and introducing Soc Trang province and people to tourists,” Ngoc added.

Translated by Song Anh