Children learn to make traditional toys.

Participants can learn how to make traditional mid-autumn toys of Vietnamese children, including star-shaped lanterns, “paper professor”, paper masks, ‘to he’ (toy figurines), and spinning - humming-tops.

The essential activities of the mid-autumn festival - lion dances, folk games, making traditional toys, moon-cakes and Vietnamese green rice flakes from the famous Vong village, will also be held during the event.

"To he" making attracts many participants.

For this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will co-ordinate with Ninh Thuan province's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to introduce and promote the culture of Ninh Thuan province to the visitors in Hanoi through cultural performances, displays of traditional handicrafts, Ninh Thuan cuisine and folk games of Cham and Raglai.

Southern folk artisans will give performances of folk dances, the Ginang drum, Baranung drum, Saranai trumpet, Kanhi musical instrument of Cham people and the Chapi musical instrument of Raglai people.

A programme titled “The Colors of Ninh Thuan’s culture” will be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology from September 22 to 23.

Source: NDO