Khau Vai love market is probably a familiar name to those who are passionate about traveling to the Northeast mountains. Every year, this market will only be held once on the 27th of the third lunar month. Therefore, this is considered a big festival in Ha Giang, when it gathers the most ethnic minorities to participate.
Khau Vai is a famous love market festival in Vietnam, with many unique activities taking place mainly for young people. From the afternoon of the 26th of the third lunar month, along the mountain passes, people have been excitedly going down to the market. Because their houses in Ha Giang are dozens of kilometers apart. To get to the morning market in time, they have to leave at night. This is also the market with the most tourists. Mixed in with that are boys and girls of different ethnic groups. They gather in one place, sing, dance to the typical tunes of their ethnic groups. Then talk, confide and confess their love to each other. This is also the only time in the year that they can express their love to anyone they like, but cannot be together.
If you have the opportunity to participate in the Khau Vai love market festival on March 27, you will witness the love stories of many ethnic groups. This is also an occasion where regional cultures are blended together.