Viet Nam has total of 54 ethnic groups, the Kinh (Viet) account for the highest percentage (87%) and the remaining 53 groups are often defined as ethnic minorities. But in Sapa town that the Kinh form the minority, accounting for about 15%, and 85% are Mong, Dao, Tay, Giay, Xa Pho ethnic. All ethnic group […]
Continue readingNowaday, Sapa is too crowded with many hotels, motels and homestays. Imagine you’re traveling to Sapa and enjoying the scene of setting up a tent in the middle of the sky with a fire flickering and enjoying wildlife survival. Sapa is a great destination to choose free camping spots. The scene of pristine jungle, with […]
Continue reading“Sapa Love Market” was organised by Lao Cai Tourist Information and Promotion Center at the end of 2020 to honor the unique traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities of Sapa in particular and of Lao Cai province in general. In 2021, “Sapa Love Market” will be held in the end of the year No. 02 […]
Continue reading” Kidnaping a wife” in some places is also known as robbing a wife, in the Mong language called “hai pù”. “Kidnaping a wife ” literally means pulling a girl back home as a wife. Mong boys and girls often meet and interact with each other during festivals, Tet holidays and especially “love market” sessions. […]
Continue readingSapa is well know with Silver waterfall and Rattan bridge” The first sentence of any visitor when coming to Sapa. The original Rattan bridge located in Giang Ta Chai village, build by local people who live along Muong Hoa valley, about 13km away from center of Sapa. In the past, the villagers went to the […]
Continue readingSapa has been long famous in the heart of visitors with the stone church or the roof of Indochina – Fansipan Mt… However, the wave of tourism has flooded into Sapa, causing it to gradually become commercialized. Even so there are still simple, rustic villages full of friendliness, and Sin Chai is the most original […]
Continue readingIn addition to the unique spiritual life, the Mong people also attach great importance to spiritual and cultural life and they are very fond of art. The Mong young men, in addition to being a good farmer, must also know how to play the flute and dance the flute. A good trumpet player will have […]
Continue readingLocated at an altitude of 1,500m – 1,800m above sea level, Sa Pa town is always immersed in fanciful clouds, creating a strangely beautiful landscape picture. It has an invaluable resource that is a mild, year-round climate, with an average temperature of 15 to 18 degrees. During the feudal period, Sa Pa was in Thuy […]
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