American Festival 2022, a journey with many interesting imprints in Lang

The event took place at Mailand Hoang Dong, Lang Son city, Lang Son province, attracting nearly 100,000 visitors in 5 days from April 29 to May 3, of which nearly 60,000 people attended the opening day alone. . The success of the American Festival has contributed to promoting the tourism industry of Lang Son province, becoming an outstanding tourism event of the Northeast region imbued with local cultural identity.

United States Festival 2022 attracts a large number of tourists flocking to Lang Son on the occasion of April 30 this year.

With a large scale and investment, the event attracted nearly 100,000 visitors not only from districts in Lang Son province but also from Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hanoi and other localities, marking the revival restoration and development of Lang Son tourism industry. Right on the opening night of the festival, each convoy of tourist cars poured into the event area, leading to an unprecedented hour-long traffic jam in the history of Lang Son. This proves the strong recovery of Lang Son tourism after the pandemic.

Mr. Nguyen Phuc Ha, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lang Son province shared: “We are all familiar with the traditional festivals of Lang Son in particular and the Northeast in general. However, the American Festival is a story written specifically for the Land of Lang, combining traditional values ​​with modernity. In the transformation, Lang Son still retains the indigenous colors of nature, history, culture and people, but at the same time has breakthroughs, creativity, reaching out towards the future to become a City of Flowers. brilliant tears”.

The point that impresses visitors is the traditional culture of Lang Son ethnic groups.

Many tourists are impressed with the series of colorful cultural activities of the Lang ethnic people recreated at the festival from food, traditional crafts, folk games to art performances. such as excerpts from the Then ceremony of Hotpot, theatrical excerpts from the Ky Cung – Ta Phu festival; performing lion and cat dance, singing exchange then, sli, gliding, adoration dance… These activities not only help visitors understand and love Lang Son more, but also create opportunities for nearly 30 artisans, Performing artists can show their talents, live in sublime moments, and take pride in contributing to preserving and spreading the local cultural identity.

In particular, 52 exhibition booths, displaying local products, cuisine and gifts bearing the “quintessence” of Lang have attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists at the festival. These are the enthusiastic products of Lang Son people when grown, produced and processed locally.

Phuong Anh, 32 years old, Lang Son city shared her family, “My two little friends are very interested in many folk games and cultural activities at the festival. The children have a space to play safely and learn about the unique history and culture of their homeland.”

In addition, the unique mark of the American Festival lies in the cultural and artistic exchange program that attracts thousands of visitors to enjoy. In particular, the dance performance “Perfume colors border” performed by the artists and actors of the Cultural and Arts Center of Lang Son province on the opening night of the festival created a special impression in the hearts of visitors. domestically and internationally.

The singing and dancing complex shows the cultural colors of Lang Son ethnic group.

“It was absolutely mesmerizing performances in a very interesting location with a backdrop of mountains and forests. The performance skillfully depicts the rare cultural beauty and has the participation of many artists from many ethnic regions of Lang Son. The hot air balloons bring a beautiful view between the mountains and forests of the Northeast, and the music and voices of famous Vietnamese artists, especially a local Shaman musician, have a hypnotic effect on the mind. I. This event will surely be remembered by me for a long time,” said Debajit Banerjee, an international tourist.

In addition to attractive cultural and artistic activities, the festival also welcomes many tourists with their families and ethnic minorities to have fun with a series of exciting activities such as camping around the lake, recycling playground, etc. practice golf, conquer the maze “Following the United States” or experience flying with hot air balloons to see the nature of Lang. All activities attract people to participate.

“I have never seen a hot air balloon before, but now I can experience it. Hot air balloons fly really high, but I’m not afraid,” shared a Nung woman in Lang Son when she attended the festival for the first time and flew a hot air balloon.

People in the highlands experience flying a hot air balloon for the first time.

Previously, the image of a hot air balloon flying in the sky of Lang was imagined by many local children and recreated in a colorful picture, notably the work “Flying high in dreams” by Trieu Tien Dat. , class 3A2 of Le Quy Don High School and Secondary School won the First Prize of the 3rd Fine Arts Prize in 2022 organized by the school. A month later, the United States festival made that dream come true of the children with 6 brilliant hot air balloons flying in the sky of Lang Son during the 5 days of the event.

Mr. Ho Tien Thieu, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lang Son province said that the province has actively promoted the tourism image of Lang Son to domestic and international tourists. This year is the first time Lang Son province organizes the American Festival with the orientation to become the focus of the province’s tourism industry in particular and the Northeast region in general. “We hope that after the Covid-19 epidemic, the potential from the natural beauty and cultural identity of the ethnic communities and people of Lang Son will promote the tourism industry of Lang Son to develop stronger, become a into a key economic sector. Currently, the investment in infrastructure to develop tourism in the province is still limited. We want potential and strategic investors to come to Lang Son to jointly promote the province’s tourism,” said Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People’s Committee.

The American Festival is considered a brilliant opening for the process of recovering and developing the tourism industry of Lang Son province, contributing to attracting domestic and foreign investors to deploy large projects to promote development. economy, culture, society of the province

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After the festival, the My Hoa street was also formed at Mailand Hoang Dong with the goal of building an interesting and attractive destination for the people of Lang Son & the whole Northeast region through trading, shopping, entertainment activities. entertainment, community activities, cultural and artistic performances and creativity, exchange – connection – promotion of the indigenous culture of Lang.

Ky Hoa Street will become a cultural heritage tourist destination mixed with modern life, a new playground for domestic and foreign tourists when coming to Lang Son.

Thu Hoai