Ok Om Bok, the largest festival of the year of the Khmer people in the Mekong Delta, is taking place from October 26 to November 1.
Soc Trang Province is hosting various activities including a traditional boat race seen as the most exciting event during the festive days.
The festival features many cultural activities including an exhibition of the socio-economic achievements and cultural developments of Soc Trang Province, information about Vietnamese ethnic groups, and artistic performances.
During the festival, there is also a trade fair organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and local authorities to attract more than 180 enterprises with over 430 booths displaying handicrafts, farm and garden equipment, textiles and more.
This year’s traditional boat race will take place in Soc Trang on November 1-2 with participation of 49 Khmer teams from Mekong Delta provinces.
The Ok Om Bok celebrations, also known as the Khmer Moon Thanksgiving Ceremony, fall on October 15 of the lunar calendar. It is a time for the Khmer to show their gratitude to the Moon Goddess for giving them a bumper harvest and rich aquatic sources.
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VietNamTourists snub handicraft villages
The number of tourists visiting traditional handicraft villages has decreased sharply since Viet Nam was hit by the global economic recession.
Van Phuc Village in the west of Ha Noi, one of the country’s most famous traditional silk villages, is suffering from a lack of visitors.
According to the chairman of the Van Phuc Association of Craft Villages, only 200 tourists a day have been visiting the village, a decrease of 30 per cent against last year. Local visitors account for 60 per cent of the total tourists.
Bat Trang pottery village is seeing only 50 arrivals a day compared to 200-300 arrivals per day last year, according to Nguyen Trong Thu, a member of the Bat Trang Ceramics and Pottery Association.
Faced with falling attendance, traditional handicraft villages are striving to improve produce quality and have called for help from authorities to diversify tourism services.
Top priority should be given to improving the image of handicraft villages, said Chinh. "We plan to build a common business area to introduce and sell silk products. In addition, local cultural programmes will be added to existing tours," Chinh said.
A tourist and commercial service joint stock company will be set up in Bat Trang Village. The company will help develop traditional handicraft village tourism by introducing the village’s culture, history and current products to visitors.
People in Bat Trang Village were looking forward to the establishment of a pottery museum, said Thu.
At present, Van Phuc and Bat Trang are the most popular destinations out of the 11 traditional handicraft villages for tourists in Ha Noi.
Every year 8,000 to 10,000 foreign tourists and hundreds of thousands of local visitors visit the villages.
VietNamNet/VNS
Van Phuc Village in the west of Ha Noi, one of the country’s most famous traditional silk villages, is suffering from a lack of visitors.
According to the chairman of the Van Phuc Association of Craft Villages, only 200 tourists a day have been visiting the village, a decrease of 30 per cent against last year. Local visitors account for 60 per cent of the total tourists.
Bat Trang pottery village is seeing only 50 arrivals a day compared to 200-300 arrivals per day last year, according to Nguyen Trong Thu, a member of the Bat Trang Ceramics and Pottery Association.
Faced with falling attendance, traditional handicraft villages are striving to improve produce quality and have called for help from authorities to diversify tourism services.
Top priority should be given to improving the image of handicraft villages, said Chinh. "We plan to build a common business area to introduce and sell silk products. In addition, local cultural programmes will be added to existing tours," Chinh said.
A tourist and commercial service joint stock company will be set up in Bat Trang Village. The company will help develop traditional handicraft village tourism by introducing the village’s culture, history and current products to visitors.
People in Bat Trang Village were looking forward to the establishment of a pottery museum, said Thu.
At present, Van Phuc and Bat Trang are the most popular destinations out of the 11 traditional handicraft villages for tourists in Ha Noi.
Every year 8,000 to 10,000 foreign tourists and hundreds of thousands of local visitors visit the villages.
VietNamNet/VNS
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