New Year hair washing festival - Thai ethnic women's tradition

  • Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
    Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
  • Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
    Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
  • Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
    Young girls of Thai ethnic group at the hair washing festival. VNA Photo
  • New Year hair-washing ritual of Thai ethnic women in Ap Ho Chieng festival make impressions on viewers. VNA Photo
    New Year hair-washing ritual of Thai ethnic women in Ap Ho Chieng festival make impressions on viewers. VNA Photo
  • New Year hair-washing ritual of Thai ethnic women in Ap Ho Chieng festival make impressions on viewers. VNA Photo
    New Year hair-washing ritual of Thai ethnic women in Ap Ho Chieng festival make impressions on viewers. VNA Photo
Ap Ho Chieng festival (New Year hair-washing ritual of Thai ethnic women) has been reenacted as part of the annual Then Kin Pang festival in Phong Tho district of the northern province of Lai Chau since 2014. A highlight of the Ap Ho Chieng festival each year is the scene of beautiful women of White Thai ethnic minority group as they wash their hair together on the last day of the Lunar New Year at Nam Lum spring in Khong Lao commune, Phong Tho district. Then Kin Pang festival, taking place on the 9th and 10th days of the third lunar month (this year's festival was held on April 17-18), is a major festival that plays a significant role in the spiritual lives of the Thai ethnic people. It is an opportunity for local people to express their wishes about a peaceful life, good health, and abundant crops, among other things. VNA Photo

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