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Bold taste homeland in Coconut Festival, Ben Tre

10/11/2014

Coconut Festival II 2010 was officially opened at 15-1 pm, at Monument Square Park Dong Khoi Street, the city of Ben Tre. With elaborately choreographed stage show spectacular has introduced unique features of native coconut, honor labor process mining and reclamation immediate formation of Ben Tre lands today.
This is typical ceremonies of Ben Tre province - nearly 50,000 local coconuts, most countries today. From all parts of the coconut tree, through processing, has over 500 product categories, ranging from arts and crafts goods to industrial products, cosmetics, medicine, food was exported to 84 countries and territory, a turnover of 100 million USD / year, accounting for 50% of the total exports of the province.
At the opening, the donors gave 200 scholarships to poor studious students (each worth $ 500,000 interest). Company Cooperative Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City also donated two houses of gratitude for family policies, each valued at 30 million units.
Earlier in the afternoon, a large hall on the campus of Ben Tre province took place the opening ceremony of "Exhibition of products from coconut" and "Fair Trade" with the size of 300 booths, gender About coconut products, tti booth products from coconut and commercial food booths.
In the framework of the festival "culinary contest coconut II" took place on resorts in Finland 16-1 Vuong.Hoi competition this year there are 150 students attending 50 sweet dishes, savory and beverage (Tapas 42, 5 and 3 drinks cakes) were selected from the 183 items in culinary competitions first, all the dishes have coconut material. The most distinctive feature is the theme this year is "The plate of rice of Dong Khoi Nine Dragon land towards 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi" with 2 part celebration and is held as one respectful ceremony to pay tribute to ancestors who have explored, open land and the heroic martyrs had sacrificed their lives to preserve and build the land of Ben Tre.
Special "lantern festival" within the framework of Ben Tre Coconut Festival II in 2010, is a festival activities carries deep meaning "to drink water, remember its source" tribute to the heroic martyrs , the characteristics of aquatic warriors - the former heroically sacrificed for independence and freedom of the nation. Flower festival was recreated images of soldiers in the old hydraulic characteristics of burning and sinking enemy waves Ham Luong River, made a strategic bankruptcy "small fleet on the river" enemy. History as resurrection, the fire burning in those years suddenly ablaze in every human heart, Ben Tre ceremony today attended the tribute night.
The festival is one of the activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ben Tre, Dong Khoi (17/1 / 1960-17 / 1/2010). Towards celebrates 1,000 years of Thang Long - Hanoi.

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