Located on the unique stone plateau, Dong Van - the Northernmost land area of the country long time ago became familiar names of people throughout the country and and the world. Familiar and loved Dong Van is made by the unique value here not only because of geo-heritage, but also the unique cultural characteristic markets street, Dong Van fair.
Dong Van fair is met once a week on Sunday in the center of Dong Van town, Dong Van districts, Ha Giang province. Fair is the exchange place of many ethnic minority people such as Mong, Han, Dao, Giay, Tay,... live in the plateau border area.
Lying at the Don Cao mountain foot next to the Dong Van old town has become famous by the unique architecture characteristic of the wall houses. The necessary goods in all markets are sold for daily life of people in a very simple and rural way. The vegetables are very green, pork, beef are hang down loosely in front of restaurant. A wide variety of livestock, poultry, such as dogs, pigs, chickens, cows, horses were carried under the arm or lead down to the market like a companion. Agricultural working tools, clothing, cosmetics... almost all are full with a prosperous life of the plateau people.
But the ost unique and attractive features are the restaurants selling food and drink. The kitchen counter always keeps the pot boiling, boiling water, responses of greasy evaporation. The pancakes fried pans flabby before the eyes of the children on the high slope following the mother going down the market. The rice cake fans is fanned by the charcoal, the hot sticky baskets blurs the seller’s face on frame.
The wine pubs near “Thang co” oven are vivid, crowd of men gathered to invite cups of alcohol, tobacco cigarettes. At the close of fair, there are some drunk guy sleeping on a market stalls or in the street when coming back home. Anywhere you can see the little happiness from people going to the plateau market, vendors, purchaser, players, guys who watch... Regardless of whom are dressed in beautiful clothes or wearing a ragged clothes on shoulder, the old colored dress and wear the nose torn shoes... are leaving behind a long walk to the market. And then after each fair we feel many thangs again, maybe that’s sweet memories of a past experience and give them strength in the hard working day ahead. Thus is Dong Van fair, and then became the typically cultural characteristic of karts plateau.
Source: vietnamnet.vn
