PANO - The first Tam Giac Mach (Triangle Oat) Flower Festival on Dong Van Karst Plateau was kick-started on the evening of November 12th in Dong Van district by Ha Giang Provincial People’s Committee.

At the opening ceremony. Source: nhandan.com.vn

This provincial-level festival aims to honour the flower, a tiny wild one with triangular-shaped leaves with a pink colour, as well as popularize and help raise the provincial tourism and status among domestic and international friends. Via the flower, the organizer would like to honour the land and people in the northernmost area of the country, which is facing difficulties and has potential for further development.

In recent years, the Tam Giac Mach flower has been an alluring attraction for a number of tourists to Ha Giang province.

After the opening ceremony, a typical artistic performance introduced Dong Van Karst Plateau’s history and geology, Dong Van old quarter’s history and the tourism-symbolic beauty of Tam Giac Mach flowers together with Ha Giang tourism.

The four-day festival will include more interesting activities for tourists, such as an exhibition on this unique flower and products made from the flower; an evening introducing alcohol made from the flower; the third H’Mong pan-pipe festival; a contest on the Tam Giac Mach flower; and a competition on planting flower trees on the terraced fields.

Enjoying the festival, tourists will have a chance to learn more about the local ethnic minority groups’ customs and taste local food as well.

Translated by Ngoc Bich