Published:  00:00 Monday - October 20, 2008

Muong Lo Tourism and Culture Week has taken place in Nghia Lo town in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, highlighting the unique cultural features of 17 ethnic groups in the region.

The event aims to portray the beauty of the culture, people and nature of Muong Lo village though special performances by hundreds of local artists, including mua xoe (traditional dance of Thai ethnic people). The dance brings everyone together in a circle around the village shrine, and with so people hand-in-hand forming the circle.