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Ethnic minority students perform Cham’s dances at the festival. |
A culinary festival for ethnic minority students was held at Quy Nhon University on April 16-17, under the upper secondary and professional teacher development project. The event was a chance for students of 35 ethnic minority groups and Lao students to exchange their distinctive cultural features.
Starting the festival, nearly 800 Vietnamese and Lao students joined different folk games, such as tug of war, rope jumping, and other games. They enjoyed the most exciting moment together.
The highlight of the event is the culinary contest. Different ethnic minority students were divided into 8 groups. Each prepared different dishes featuring unique features of Thai, H’Mong, Tay, Nung, Muong, Dao, Jarai, and Lao.
The delicious dishes left the judging panel with good impression. Presenting the ideas for their dishes, students helped the others know more about various culinary culture of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam and Laos.
The participants also joined an art performance in which the traditional features of each ethnic minority group were showed through songs, dances, and fashion show.
“Bringing Tay’s songs to the event, I wanted to popularize our cultural features to all people,” said Sam Thi Niem, a Tay ethnic minority student.
Head of the organizing board, Doan Thi Thanh, said, “The festival is annually held, aiming to foster the cultural exchange between students of different ethnic minority groups; moreover, it also helps improve ethnic minority student’s skills before they graduate from the university.”
The festival leaves a lasting impression on each student, particularly ethnic minority ones, who are studying at the university. “This is a chance for our generation to express the pride and love for the national tradition,” said H’Buong E Ban, an Ede student.
