Four Seasons At Mai Chau
The season of growth and revival, spring is when life’s alive in everything: Happy birds twitter in the branches, occasional spring rains, watering the green buds that have just awakened from the long winter. The landscape is like a poetic canvas, with plum and bauhinia flowers glazing the hills and roads in white.
For the locals in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh, spring is the time to celebrate a new year full of growth, hope, and jubilance. Embraced in the warm, pleasant weather, they hold vibrant festivals and pray for good crops, favorable nature, and prosperity.
Honoring nàng Ban - goddess of the Bauhinia flower, the Hoa Ban festival is one of Thai’s biggest celebrations. Dressed in traditional costumes, they pray for peace and good weather for plentiful crops all year. When the night falls, they join in folk dances next to the campfire.