Dong Van market is located in the Dong Van ancient town complex, meeting once a week on Sunday morning. On the day of the fair, people of the Hmong, Tay, and Bo Y ethnic groups come to the market early, bringing local products to exchange and buy and sell with many unique features.
These days, the old town, which is small and quiet, becomes bustling and joyful like a festival with all kinds of colorful costumes of the Dao, Mong, Tay, Nung, Giay, Lo Lo people, etc., pouring in from the mountains to the market. Dong Van fair market always starts in fog and humidity because of the typical climate of this area. Some people have to go from 3 a.m., crossing several mountains to get down in time for the market. When it comes to the market, usually the whole family will go to the market together. Grandmothers and mothers come to the market to trade and shop; husbands go to the market to exchange and drink wine and eat victorious food; the children followed their parents to the market,..
The uniqueness of Dong Van market is the items that people bring to the market, mainly agricultural products and products in the region made by them. They are sacks of vegetables, sacks of firewood, a few bundles of bamboo shoots; there are people who lead pigs; some people bring dogs and cats to sell...
Usually, people come to Dong Van market with the whole family. Mothers and wives go to the market to shop for their families and children; husbands go to the market to exchange and drink, eat and blow trumpets; children follow their parents to go to the market; young men and women come to the market to exchange and find a partner. Especially on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of the lunar calendar every month, at this market and old town, there are also lively cultural activities with unique characteristics of the land and highland people such as bird competitions, traditional brocade weaving performances of ethnic groups in the region...
Source: VNN