Southern folk cakes festival 2014 will be taken place from 23 to 25 January in Can Tho with over 200 types of cakes and over 50 dishes of the South.

1. Vietnam Tourism – Festival of 200 Southern folk cakes
Southern folk cakes festival 2014 will be taken place from 23 to 25 January in Can Tho with
over 200 types of cakes and over 50 dishes of the South.
The event focuses on promoting and advertising the folk cakes which are made from sticky
rice in Can Tho and Mekong Delta to honor the folk cultural values of Southern cuisine.
According to a representative of Culture Sports and Tourism department of Can Tho, the
purpose of the event is culture exchange to show the spiritual union of ethnic groups such as,
Kinh, Khmer, Hoa, Cham in the Mekong Delta. Many activities of cuisine, culture will be
presented by Southern provinces such as, traditional conical hat dance, shows of zither,
monochord, flute, traditional Southern music…
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2. Besides culture exchange of ethnic groups in the Mekong Delta, there are shows of cuisine
and traditional cakes with the topic of “Southern Flavor”. Craftsman will present the methods
to make local dishes from sticky rice and rice power such as, Banh Tet (cylindrical glutinous
rice cakes), Banh La Dua (coconut leaf cakes),Banh It (cylindrical rice cakes), Banh La (leaf
cakes), Banh Hoi (rice vermicelli woven), Banh Ong (tube cake), Banh Uot Ngot (Sweet wet
cake)….
Traditional cakes event is held annually from 2012 until now.
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