Chuong villagers compete in rice cooking during Tet

11:15 | 12/02/2019VEN - Tết Đinh Dậu Follow Ven.vn on

(VEN) - The Chuong Village Festival is held on March 10 of the lunar calendar in Phương Trung Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi, to commemorate Bo Cai Dai Vuong (Great King) Phung Hung. One of the most interesting events during the festival is the rice cooking competition among women in the village.

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Rice is cooked in earthenware pots

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The women prepare rice before cooking

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The women compete in the rice cooking contest are graceful in a four-part dress, the “non quai thao” (a type of conical hat) and a shoulder pole

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They have to cook rice during a fixed time with one woman carrying the clay cooker and two others going along the two sides to keep the fire

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The jury is old people in the village

Can Dung

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