Artisans and artists from Ha Tinh will perform folk songs and dances, make conical hats and weave sedge mats. In addition, visitors can learn about fortune-telling based on Kieu tale (an epic poem) from researcher Nguyen Thi Van Huyen, who is a descendant of the great author Nguyen Du.

The Cultural Heritage of Muong Museum will participate in the events with typical cultural activities of the ethnic minority group of Muong in Hoa Binh Province, such as throwing con, a sacred ball, through a ring erected on top of a bamboo pole, and singing traditional ritual rhythm songs.

Foreign visitor enjoys a type of folk games with local youths

People from Hai Phong will dance with four sacred animals, for example the lion dance, make clay crackers and perform water puppetry. At 6pm on the night of February 8, a combined performance of traditional ritual songs and dances and fireworks will take place in the front yard of the museum.

Besides folk games of shuttlecock, walking on stilts, catching loaches in big jars, swinging and rolling pomelos among many others, visitors can savour numerous local specialties such as noodles with beef, black glutinous rice, eel soup, green tea, herbal vegetables, fried pork with pomelo leaves, chicken and young bamboo.