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Bac Ha Market on Lunar new year
Bac Ha market in Lao Cai province is held on every Sunday morning and offers a wide range of products, including clothes, farm tools, housewares… Bac Ha market on lunar new year is more crowded and more interesting.
The market begins to hum with conversations and laughter. It is a trading center for ethnic minority people in Bac Ha district and neighboring areas, the whole market is adorned with the colorful costumes of Mong women. It is not just a trading place but also a meeting place where young men and women find their partners.
Selling local agricultural products at Bac Ha market
According to the culture of ethnic minorities here, the market likes a festival, so they wear their most beautiful clothes to go to the market. During the first days of the Lunar New Year, the most sought after items are kitchen utensils and agricultural tools.
The local people would like to go to the market on the first days of the new year to meet friends and relatives and buy new farming tools and kitchen utensils to pray for a lucky new year and a bountiful harvest.
Bac Ha is famous for its horse racing. Equestrian gear attracts a crowd of customers. There are saddles, bridles, and horsenảshoes.
Bac Ha market is divided into different sections offering different types of goods like brocade weaving products, food, horses, buffalos, poultry, birds, and wine. Each section has its own atmosphere and sounds. The section that sells buffaloes, oxen, and horses is the most crowded place in the market.
Selling local agricultural products at Bac Ha market
Local brocade weaving products hand-made by local women are greatly desired by customers. Colorful clothes are displayed with silver and brass accessories like bracelets and rings.
Coming to Bac Ha market is also an opportunity for tourists and local people to leave their mountain, their work and enjoy local specialties like corn alcohol, ‘the men men’ or steamed corn flour, and ‘thang co’ or soup made of spiced horse entrails. It’s also a place to meet friends. Authentic, original and charming- Bac Ha market is really worth a visit.
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