Referring to Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa, we cannot help but mention the Nha Trang Sea Festival festival program, imbued with special imprints and unique cultural values of the land of agarwood. In particular, the 2019 national tourism opening event with the theme “Nha Trang – Colors of sea culture” has created a new brand mark for Nha Trang beach tourism in the hearts of tourists from all over. Join Potique Hotel to learn about the extremely unique characteristics of the Agarwood festival through the article below
Nha Trang Bay is recognized as a beautiful bay in the world
Characteristics of Nha Trang Sea Festival
For a long time, the name Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa has become an attractive invitation for tourists from all over. The unique cultural features of the sea, islands, land and people of Nha Trang are the attractions for tourists from all over to the land of “white sand dunes”. Recognizing the available advantages, 15 years ago Khanh Hoa organized the Nha Trang Sea Festival program with more than 20 cultural and sports tourism activities, attracting many tourists from all over the world to the region. this beautiful land.
Panorama of Nha Trang beach festival in 2019
Since then, with each event, Nha Trang Sea Festival has a theme and a separate message such as: Nha Trang rendezvous, Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa civilized and friendly, Nha Trang Sea of rendezvous, peace and creativity, Open arms of friends, Nha Trang – Colors of the sea… So diverse and rich, but the theme of Nha Trang Sea Festival focuses on honoring the beauty and strengths of Vietnam’s seas and islands; the beauty of the scenic Nha Trang Bay as well as the long-standing cultural traditions of the sea and islands of the land of agarwood forests and bird’s nest of Khanh Hoa.
Panoramic view of Nha Trang bay at night
One of the distinctive features of the Nha Trang Sea Festival is the activities imbued with the nation’s traditional culture such as: Street Lion and Dragon Festival; Cai Luong art performances, folk puppet shows, exhibitions and demonstrations of pottery making and brocade weaving techniques of the Cham people; folk games, singing hut songs; Fish festivals; performing folk songs from different regions… Nha Trang Beach Festival gradually becomes a traditional cultural brand of Khanh Hoa and has been voted by tourists as one of the festivals not to be missed when coming to Vietnam.
Agarwood was once the name of Nha Trang
According to history, Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) was formerly the old land of Kauthara in the ancient Champa kingdom. This land is inhabited by many Cham people. Therefore, the name Khanh Hoa today also originates from the Cham language, meaning Agarwood. Since then, many people still call the name Tram Huong instead of Nha Trang.
Tram Huong Tower is a tourist symbol of Nha Trang
In addition, with the legend about the formation of precious wood of this land. That is a story about the goddess Y A Na, an extremely beautiful deity of the Cham people. She often walks through the forests. That’s why, the scent she emitted was mixed and stored on the forest wood panels and created Agarwood, a unique product that is rarely found anywhere else.
Nha Trang city at night
Nowadays, when coming to Nha Trang, very few people pay attention to its origin and name, why it is no longer “Agarwood”, because the charming natural landscapes attract visitors’ eyes immediately. at first sight. Nha Trang is also known by many as the “pearl of the East Sea”, a tourist paradise for domestic and foreign tourists, and a meeting point for many tourists every summer.
It can be seen that, not only is it impressive with the name “Land of Agarwood”, Nha Trang also stands out with the Nha Trang Sea Festival program, an attractive activity for domestic and foreign tourists, but this is also an event that creates brand, tourism promotion opportunity for the coastal city of Nha Trang. A beautiful, peaceful city, with a vibrant atmosphere during the festive season will bring wonderful experiences to visitors. Potique believes that coming to the coastal city of Nha Trang, visitors will have truly enjoyable and memorable moments for their discovery journey.
