[Audio] What to do and see at walking streets and night markets?

At the walking street and night market, people and tourists will enjoy traditional art performances.

In nearly half a month, the Bach Dang walking street and night market (Hai Duong city) will open. The model is expected to help the city exploit and promote commercial services and night tourism. When the walking street and night market are in operation, what will people and tourists do and see here is a question of interest to many people.

Variety of activities

The walking street and night market will be divided into 4 sub-areas, each with its own unique activities. According to the Culture, Arts and Festivals Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Walking Street and Night Market, people and tourists who love culture and arts will be able to enjoy traditional arts performed by actors and musicians from the Hai Duong Cheo Theater on dragon boats on the Sat River and the Bach Dang Street area opposite Tran Thu Do Street.

Not only gathering singers and actors in Hai Duong city, the walking street and night market also have the participation of clubs from Cam Giang and Tu Ky districts... performing Cheo, Tuong and Ca Tru melodies.

It is expected that the walking street and night market will also feature folk games and traditional arts of Hai Duong such as clay fireworks and water puppetry performed by fireworks teams and water puppetry troupes in several districts such as Thanh Ha, Tu Ky, Gia Loc, and Ninh Giang.

Also in this area, students from Hai Duong College of Culture and Arts, members of Hai Duong City Women's Union will perform modern music, dance groups, and folk dances. Painters and calligraphers will draw portraits and calligraphy according to requests from people and tourists.

During the weekend of the walking street and night market, flower lovers will be able to attend the orchid exhibition organized by the Hai Duong City orchid lovers club at Thong Nhat Square.

The folk game of catching loach in a jar is one of the activities that will be held at the walking street and night market of Hai Duong city.

Within the framework of the walking street and night market, Hai Duong Provincial Library will arrange space to display and introduce books within the library premises; introduce books, promote new books of bookstores and publishers; sell books at preferential prices.

To make the walking street and night market suitable for a variety of audiences and ages, the Hai Duong City Center for Culture, Information and Sports has coordinated with the Hai Duong Provincial Museum to organize many activities to attract young people, teenagers and children such as traditional craft experiences and folk games: pottery making, making green rice, pot smashing, catching loach in jars. The organizers have arranged traditional drink stalls selling fresh tea, guava juice, peanut candy, and sausage candy...

According to the Subcommittee of Culture, Arts and Celebrations, to operate the walking street and night market, the Steering Committee mobilized a large number of units and organizations to participate. In addition to the Hai Duong Provincial Library, the City Women's Union, the Cheo Theater, the Intermediate School of Culture and Arts, there were also the Hai Duong City Youth Union, the city's education sector, dance groups, performing arts centers, and event organizers.

Plans for organizing activities have been specifically assigned and built up until December 31 of this year.

Be proactive in your preparation.

These days, singers, actors, and musicians from the Hai Duong Cultural and Arts Center (Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism), the Cheo Theater, and other units are urgently practicing to prepare for performances at the walking street and night market. Although performing at the walking street does not require high technical skills like other art programs, singers, actors, and musicians all practice seriously to bring people and tourists attractive performances.

According to the Hai Duong Youth Union, to serve the walking street and night market, the unit will mobilize a large number of youth union members from wards and communes to participate. In addition to coordinating the organization of activities, from the opening date of April 28 to the end of 2023, the Youth Union will be responsible for 75 activities.

Hai Duong City Youth Union will organize dance clubs and groups to perform at walking streets and night markets.

The activities organized by the unit will be suitable and expected to attract a large number of young people and teenagers to the walking street. Here, the City Youth Union will organize for clubs, music groups, dance groups to perform hip hop, dance sports, modern folk dance. Exchange clubs of bands, music groups of students in Hai Duong, modern music performances, Tik Tok trends, cosplay trends, flashmood that are loved by young people. In addition, the Hai Duong City Youth Union will organize folk games such as smashing pots, making figurines, making pottery, catching loach in jars...

The leaders of the Hai Duong City Center for Culture, Information and Sports said that up to now, the organizing committee has received applications for organizing cultural and artistic activities and organizing games from about 50 organizations and individuals. The organizing committee will review and ensure compliance with the criteria of the walking street and night market.

Mr. Nguyen Truong Thang, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that cultural and artistic activities and games are activities that will attract people and tourists to the walking street and night market. However, the performances, content and costumes must be appropriate. The organizing committee can evaluate through video clips sent by organizations and individuals.

The walking street and night market were first held in Hai Duong and are receiving great attention from the people. However, there are still many concerns about how to maintain this activity well, and the opinions of the majority of people are needed. The walking street and night market are held in areas not associated with commercial areas and without residential houses like in some other provinces and cities, which can make the space of the walking street and night market "diluted". Some people think that the organization time should be extended, instead of stopping all activities at 10 pm...

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