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Many tourist have been attracted by Vietnam cultural sites. They love exploring and discovering the country rich in culture. Being a foreign traveler I would like to share some knowledge of Khau Vai Love Market that I gained from the tour to some mountainous villages in Vietnam. Khau Vai commune is located in Meo Vac district in the Northern Ha Giang province. It is home to ethnic minority groups of Giay, Nung and Muong. Each year, there is a market session on lunar March 26th, it is not a normal trading market but a love market. The name and activities in the market session have something in common with the love market in Sapa. However, the different thing is that Khau Vai love market is a market for various ethnic minority groups from 4 mountainous district in Dong Van Plateau to Bao Lam and Bao Loc districts of Cao Bang province.
Local senior people said that this love market dated back to 1919. Road are now more accessible than the previous year, so more and more people come to the market. However, most of activities of the market are still rich in cultural identity.
There are some stories around the origin of the love market. First, there is a story tells that, once upon a time, there were a boy and a girl born in two different villages in Dong Van plateau. The boy's surname is Linh and the girl's surname is Loc. When they grew up, they loved each other very much despite being hindered by deep streams and high rocky mountains. Unluckily, their parents prevented their marrige, they decide to come to Khau Vai- a prosperous land with rich plants which they could live on.
Although they did not have any children they lived happily until they died. In honour of their merits in cultivating the wild land into a rich one, the local people built the two temples to worship them. It is the reason why in the Khau Vai market area there are 2 temples called "Ong" and "Ba" (Mr and Mrs). Therefore, on every lunar March 26th and 27th, Khau Vai attracts couples of different ages, including those who seek their partners for the 1st time. However, most of them are those who love each other very much but can not get married because of some reasons.
There is another local myth tells a love story of a young couple from different tribes, the boy belong to Giay group and the girl belonged to Nung group. They fell in love each other very much. However, because the girl is so beautiful that her tribe did not want to let her marrige a boy in a different one. As a result, there was a violent conflict happened. To stop the blood shed they had to say goodbye in tears but they chose lunar March 26th each year to meet each other. And the place that they used to meet is Khau Vai. It therefore became a meeting place of all of those in love.
The love market festival has been held on lunar march 26th and 27th with the participayion of a large number of the locals with many local cultural activities.
Local senior people said that this love market dated back to 1919. Road are now more accessible than the previous year, so more and more people come to the market. However, most of activities of the market are still rich in cultural identity.
There are some stories around the origin of the love market. First, there is a story tells that, once upon a time, there were a boy and a girl born in two different villages in Dong Van plateau. The boy's surname is Linh and the girl's surname is Loc. When they grew up, they loved each other very much despite being hindered by deep streams and high rocky mountains. Unluckily, their parents prevented their marrige, they decide to come to Khau Vai- a prosperous land with rich plants which they could live on.
Although they did not have any children they lived happily until they died. In honour of their merits in cultivating the wild land into a rich one, the local people built the two temples to worship them. It is the reason why in the Khau Vai market area there are 2 temples called "Ong" and "Ba" (Mr and Mrs). Therefore, on every lunar March 26th and 27th, Khau Vai attracts couples of different ages, including those who seek their partners for the 1st time. However, most of them are those who love each other very much but can not get married because of some reasons.
There is another local myth tells a love story of a young couple from different tribes, the boy belong to Giay group and the girl belonged to Nung group. They fell in love each other very much. However, because the girl is so beautiful that her tribe did not want to let her marrige a boy in a different one. As a result, there was a violent conflict happened. To stop the blood shed they had to say goodbye in tears but they chose lunar March 26th each year to meet each other. And the place that they used to meet is Khau Vai. It therefore became a meeting place of all of those in love.
The love market festival has been held on lunar march 26th and 27th with the participayion of a large number of the locals with many local cultural activities.
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