HÀ NỘI – Various cultural activities will be organised at Đồng Văn Town’s Stadium in the northern province of Hà Giang between November 15 and 16 as part of the 5th buckwheat flower festival.

Local children play in a field of buckwheat flower. File Photos

Themed “Pink color on karst plateau”, the event this year will not only highlight local buckwheat flowers, which come into full bloom these days, but also highlight local tourism products.

On the night of November 15, a traditional music show titled 'Lighting up the Plateau' will be organised at Khâu Vai traditional market in Mèo Vạc District.

A close-up of a buckwheat flower.

The official opening ceremony for the festival will be held at 8pm, November 16, at Đồng Văn Town Stadium, which will combine music, arts and tourism products.

Tourists will experience how to make buckwheat cakes with local farmers and make mochi cakes using local buckwheat flour with Japanese artisans.

The first ever contest for local tour guides will take place together with an exhibition of art objects. Folk music and games are also available at the site.

The organisers have opened a hotline  at 19001046 to offer advice to tourists, together with a fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/checkinhagiangofficial.

The channels will provide tourists with useful information.

Local authorities want not only to advertise Hà Giang tourism through the event but also call for investors in local tourism.

The event will last till the end of December 2019, which coincides with the buckwheat flower season.

Đồng Văn karst plateau in Hà Giang Province is a dry place with scarce water and soil. Locals have planted buckwheat as a source of food. The plant can be eaten as a kind of vegetable while its seeds can be ground for flour to make soup and cakes.

Pancakes made of buckwheat flour. Photo thethaovanhoa.vn

The festival is held annually in the middle of November in the centre of Đồng Văn District, when immense field of buckwheat flower comes into full bloom in Phố Cáo, Phó Bảng, Sà Phìn, Lũng Táo, and Lũng Cú of Đồng Văn District; and Tả Lủng, Sủng Trà, Mèo Vạc, Pả Vi towns of Mèo Vạc District. VNS