February 03, 2017 | 22:08 (GMT+7)
State President drives tractor at ploughing festival
PANO - State President Tran Dai Quang on February 2 joined Doi Son village elders in holding the opening ceremony of the annual ploughing festival, which aims to bring a year of favorable weather and a bumper crop to the farmers in the village in particular and all farmers across the country in general.
President Tran Dai Quang driving a tractor to open the ploughing ceremony. Photo: dantri.com.vn
At the festival, the State President drove a tractor to kick-start the ploughing ceremony.
On the occasion of the 1030th anniversary of King Le Dai Hanh’s ploughing the field at the foot of the Doi Son Mountain, the Doi Son authorities and people opened the Ploughing Festival 2017 from February 1 to 3, 2017.
The three-day festival is often organized into two parts, including the ceremonial part with a ceremonial drum procession, water procession, praying procession, palanquin procession, ploughing procession, and a ceremony to recognize communes as the new-style rural area.
The festival involves many activities, such as buffalo decorating contest; Ha Nam wrestling competition - spring 2017; agricultural product and traditional craft village fair; sport tournaments; music performances; folk games and fireworks display.
Translated by Song Anh