AsiaRooms.com - Visit Hanoi to Take in the Thuong Phuc Village Festival

    HANOI, VIETNAM, May 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Travellers heading to Hanoi this summer might want to check out the Thuong Phuc Village Festival.

The festival takes place on June 9th in the village of Thuong Phuc, which is located in the Ta Thanh Oai commune in the Thanh Tri district of Hanoi.

People staying in hotels in Hanoi will be able to experience the worship of Prince Ly Tham and Ho Ba Lam, a Zen Buddhist.

The festival will see villagers race against each other in a rowing contest on the river.

Participants use different boats for the race, including wooden ones and coracles.

A rice cooking competition will also take place - this sees people attempt to cook a rice dish while dancing at the same time.

The evening rounds off the celebrations with performances of Trong Quan singing, which is a traditional type of song created especially for festivities by moonlight, as well as for harvest-related events later in the year.

These songs tend to follow the themes of courtship and friendship and are accompanied by the earth drum, known as the trong dat.

Visitors can easily access Thuong Phuc from their base in Hanoi, as it is located about half an hour's drive from the city.

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