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Khen festival in Dong Van

VGP - The first H’mong Khen (panpipe) festival will be held from January 30 to February 12 in Sapa, Lao Cai province.

January 24, 2017 4:44 PM GMT+7
The festival brings together the 12 best flute teams in the northwestern region.

The panpipe is a musical instrument played by ethnic minority people in northern mountainous provinces like Lao Cai and Ha Giang.

It is a wind instrument made from six to twelve or fourteen small bamboo pipes tied together and connected to a wooden sound box.

This instrument is very popular with a number of ethnic groups in Viet Nam, such as the Thai, the Muong and the H'Mong. 
 
                                                                                                                                 By Vien Nhu