Culture week in SaPa

Culture week in SaPa

A week-long cultural event called "Walking in a Cloud in Sa Pa" will be held from April 30 to May 4 to showcase the rich and distinctive aspects of Sa Pa’s diverse ethnic cultures.

Visitors can discover how local ethnic minorities dye, weave, and decorate their garments and make their sandals. They can take part in forest tours to pick medicinal herbs and learn how to use them, and prepare traditional meals eaten by the various ethnic minority groups.

The organisers also plan to make the famous lovers’ market as authentic as possible. The market, held on every Saturday night, offers a destination and opportunity for young, single Mong, Dao, Tay and Ray ethnic people to go and find their true love. Those already married also seldom miss the event, since it offers them an opportunity to relive their youthful love.

There will also be a photography exhibition and fairs of north-western cuisines and orchids.