Blue Mong celebrate lively seventh lunar month festival
On August 22 in Tu Thuong Village, the Nam Xe Commune People's Committee held the 2026 Blue Mong Seventh Lunar Month Festival under the theme "Preserving Identity - Connecting the Community".
For the Blue Mong community in Nam Xe Commune, the full moon of the seventh lunar month is a time to honour their roots. People dress in their finest traditional clothes and make offerings of sticky rice, chicken, cakes, liquor, fruit and other items to remember their ancestors and pray for good harvests and well-being for the community.
A distinctive arts performance by the Blue Mong community of Nam Xe Commune.
A showcase of traditional Blue Mong clothing.
The beauty of traditional dress among ethnic groups in Nam Xe Commune.
During the festival, residents of Nam Xe and neighbouring localities enjoyed arts performances and traditional-costume showcases presented by the Blue Mong and other ethnic communities in the commune.
Teams compete in pounding banh day glutinous rice cakes.
A stick-pushing contest draws a large crowd of residents and visitors.
Teams compete in stilt walking.
Visitors also immersed themselves in the lively atmosphere of traditional activities and folk games, including khen dancing, stilt walking, banh day pounding, stick pushing, pao ball throwing, swinging, con throwing, tug of war and bamboo dancing. Together, the activities reflected solidarity, close bonds and mutual support among Nam Xe's ethnic communities.
A recreated space preserving traditional Blue Mong crafts.
Delegates try on traditional Blue Mong clothing.
A cooking competition and culinary exchange with Nam Xe residents.
A display of Nam Xe local products attracts delegates and visitors.
Festival-goers could also visit and experience a traditional-craft preservation space, explore displays of local products and enjoy the traditional cuisine of the Blue Mong and other ethnic communities in Nam Xe.
The Organizing Committee presented awards to competition teams.
The Seventh Lunar Month Festival is expected to become an annual event that helps preserve cultural identity, strengthen community bonds, safeguard and promote the Blue Mong people's traditional cultural values, and open a new direction for community-based tourism in the locality.
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