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Preparing for Tan Loc Fruit Garden Festival

To create a joyful atmosphere, to show the spirit of solidarity, security, social order, frugality, to bring practical results and to maximize the effectiveness of tourism promotion, tourism brand of Tan Loc Islet in particular and Can Tho city in general to tourists are the targets that Thot Not District aims to accomplish in Tan Loc Fruit Garden Festival in 2019. Activities of this upcoming festival promise to introduce typical fruit products and recreational spots to Can Tho people and tourists.

The Festival takes place from 7th to June, 9^th 2019. Activities of the Festival are divided into two groups: city-level activities and district-level activities. City-level activities include: booths promoting tourism and displaying tourism products of districts in Can Tho City and units outside the city; photo, books and magazines exhibitions for readers; displaying calligraphy skills and giving words to visitors; organizing Can Tho Taekwondo Championship 2019 and Can Tho “Lan Su Rong” (Lion Dance) open contest 2019; connecting and opening tours to Thot Not district, etc

Thot Not district alone has more than 20 activities which are programs, products exhibitions close to the local people, imbued with the traditional culture of Tan Loc islet and Thot Not district. In which, the most outstanding activity is the: “decorating and shaping fruit” contest in front of Tan Loc Dong communal house’s yard, each participating unit have to create a fruit tray (including 7 kinds of fruit or more) with decorative background, connecting to the landscape around and display at least one unique (or typical) local tuber, fruit.

The exhibition booths in the festival promote local tourism, such as: exhibiting products of traditional craft villages of the district; stall selling fruits of all kinds for tourists; booths selling products, souvenirs on the occasion of Lunar May 5^th Festival; traditional amateur singing and music exchange, lotto; exploiting and turning islet mudflats into tourist beach; organizing the “bringing Vietnamese goods to the countryside” fair, etc.

Thot Not district also conducts competitions to advertise the unique beauty of Thot Not district and Tan Loc islet, such as: flash mob dancing and fruit dressing competition; “food stall and typical products decoration” contest; “bizarre tree, tuber and fruit” contest; decorating and shaping fruits; “food and products made from coconut” competition; ornamental trees and bonsai contest, making “bánh xèo” (Vietnamese sizzling crepe) performances on Dragon Boat Festival and so on.