Decidement, c'est pas facile de quitter ce beau pays...😎
Je dois terminer mon sejour au Vietnam a Sapa, et j'ai peur de ne pas avoir assez de temps pour profiter de cet endroit. Je me demandais donc si il etait possible de prolonger son visa depuis Sapa ou si c'etait faisable uniquement depuis Hanoi.
Et du coup, si j'ai un mois de plus, je vais pouvoir assister a la fete du Tet. Est-ce que Sapa est un endroit sympa pour le feter, ou vaut-il mieux aller ailleurs dans la region.
Merci
Je me demandais donc si il etait possible de prolonger son visa depuis Sapa ou si c'etait faisable uniquement depuis Hanoi.
Quelle chance de pouvoir profiter tant de temps au VietNam. Je pense que vous devez prolonger votre visa à Hanoi uniquement.
Et du coup, si j'ai un mois de plus, je vais pouvoir assister a la fete du Tet. Est-ce que Sapa est un endroit sympa pour le feter, ou vaut-il mieux aller ailleurs dans la region.
Puisque vous êtes dans le Nord pour un mois de plus, je vais vous donner quelques idées des fêtes traditionnelles dans cette région.
* A Hanoi,
Fête de Dong Da, 5ème jour, commémorant la Victoire du Printemps Ky Dau (1789) quand le roi Quang Trung a annéanti plus de 290 000 agresseurs chinois (Qing) et libéré Thanh Long (ancien nom de Hanoi). Il n'y a pas que Dien Bien Phu, hein?🙂 Fête du Temple Soc Son, 3 au 7ème jour, célébrant le héros Thanh Giong, qui a lutté et annéanti les envahisseurs et puis qui s'est envolé au ciel. La fête a lieu dans le hameau de Ve Linh, commune de Phu Linh, district de Soc Son. Fête de Co Loa, 6 au 16ème jour, district de Dong Anh, organisée en hommage du roi An Duong Vuong, qui a choisi Co Loa comme capitale du royaume Au Lac. Fête du Village de Trieu Khuc(célèbre pour ses chapeaux, sa soie et ses broderies), 10 au 12ème jour, hommage du héros national Phung Hung (770-798)
* Dans la Province de Ha Tay,
Fête de la pagode des Parfums, du 15 jour du 1er mois lunaire au 15ème jour du 3ème mois, pélerinage des gens qui viennent faire des requêtes de bonheur et de santé, dans ces beaux paysages de montagne et de grotte. Fête du Village Chuong, commune de Don Thu, district de Thanh Oai, au 10ème jour, pour rendre hommage au fondateur du village qui enseignait l'art de fabriquer des chapeaux coniques
* Dans la Province de Nam Ha,
Fête de la lutte à Lieu Doi, commune de Lieu Tuc, district de Thanh Liem, du 5 au 10ème jour, commémorant les mérites de Thanh On, notre hercule national🙂
* Dans la Province de Bac Ninh,
Fête de la Pagode Phat Tich, district de Tien Son, du 4 au 5ème jour, célébrant les mérites et les bienfaits du Roi Ly Thanh Tong Fête de Dong Ho, district de Thuan Thanh, du 4 au 7ème jour, vente des peintures et gravures folkloriques
* Dans la Province de BacGiang,
Fête de Cau Vong, district de Tan Yen, au 15ème jour, commémorant le courage et le sacrifice des paysans et des 18 ducs des Duong, qui se sont révoltés contre le régime féodal du roi Nguyen, au XIXeme
siècle
* Dans la Province de Vinh Phuc,
Fête de Ha Loi, au 6ème jour, pour commémorer le courage des deux soeurs Trung (je vous fais grâce de leur légende🙂 que vous devez connaître)
* Dans la Province de Phu Tho,
Fête de Bach Hac, du 3 au 5ème jour, fête populaire, en l'honneur du génie traversant la rivière Lo jusqu'au village Ca.
* Dans la Province de Hai Duong,
Fête de Con Son, district de Chi Linh, dédiée à l'un des 3 fondateurs du clan bouddhique Truc Lam et du grand écrivain Nguyen Trai, 18 au 23 ème jour. Fête du Temple Cao, du 22 au 24 ème jour, fête populaire
* Dans la Province de Lao Cai (Sapa),
Fête printanière de la montagne, au 3 au 5ème jour, fête des H'mong, parade des jeunes hommes et femmes, dans leur costume neuf: tir au fusil, tir à l'arbalète, chansons d'amour (Giao Duyen), danse avec flûte multitubulaire (Khen), banquets, etc ... Fête Long Tong des Tays, dans le district Van Bac et Bac Ha, du 5 au 15 ème jour: lancer du con (boule d'étoffe), tir à la corde, combats de coqs, combats de buffles, danses folkloriques, chansons d'amour
* Dans la Province de Yen Bai,
Fête du Temple Dong Cuong, 50 km de Yen Bai, juste après le Nouvel An: divertissements et jeux folkloriques traditionnels de la région
A noter que je ne retiens que les fêtes durant le premier mois lunaire et je vous fais grâce des fêtes des régions de la région cotière du Nord Est (Ha Long, Quang Ninh), le Grand Nord Est (Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Ha Giang, Tuyeng Quang).
Lucky that we have a home/Our Home is Nha May Man/Passing rain and dry seasons/In a full-of-love atmosphere/Besides my new family/I have brothers and sisters/The sun shines over the skies/Let's stay here, with all of us,
"- Fête printanière de la montagne, au 3 au 5ème jour, fête des H'mong, parade des jeunes hommes et femmes, dans leur costume neuf: tir au fusil, tir à l'arbalète, chansons d'amour (Giao Duyen), danse avec flûte multitubulaire (Khen), banquets, etc ..."
Faites bien attention car les fetes generalement organisees par les associations vietnamiennes n'emploient que peu de locaux. Ce sont tres souvent des vietnamiens habilles en hmongs et autres minoritees.
Je vis a Sapa mais il est impossible de faire une extension de visa. Vous devez la faire depuis Hanoi.
Le Tet a Sapa est ennuyeux car la ville semble deserte.... par contre, les villages sont bondes de monde car c'est la le moment des rencontres amoureuses et des ceremonies du nouvel-an.
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