The annual Ha long Carnival, themed “Ha Long Bay – one of the world’s natural wonders” this year, opens later this month.
The opening ceremony on April 26 at the Bai Chay Tourism
Zone will feature martial arts performances, music and dance, and a fireworks
display.
Organized in the form of a carnival on both sea and land,
the event’s highlights will be a dragon dance narrating the amazing “descending
dragon” Legend of Ha long bay an orchestra performance at the Dau Go cave, a
beauty contest, a fashion show titled “The dance of rocks”.
Six ferries decorated in different themes -- “The legend of
Ha Long Bay”, “Breathtaking Beauty”, “The dance of rocks”, “Exploring a unique
ecological museum”, “Meeting place of ecotourism and maritime culture” and “The
sea rhythm” – will put in an appearance.
An international trade fair and a food festival related to
the carnival’s main theme will be held.
A festival atmosphere will
pervade the streets of Ha Long town with a parade by ten trucks decked up to
represent various famous places in Quang Ninh Province -- like Ha Long Bay, Yen
Tu Mountain, Tuan Chau Resort and Mong Cai town.
The carnival, to run from April 26 to May 1, has a twin goal
-- popularizing the natural and cultural values of Quang Ninh, and promoting its
attractions to pull in more domestic and foreign investors.
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