01:01, 21/01/2020

Over 200 locals and tourists making "Tét" cake at Champa Island Nha Trang

Champa Island Nha Trang on the afternoon of January 20 (lunar January 26) organized an interesting activity for the locals and tourists on the occasion of 2020 Lunar New Year. More than 200 locals, tourists, and invited guests in Nha Trang made "Tét" cakes, one of the staples during Tet holiday in Vietnam.
 

Champa Island Nha Trang on the afternoon of January 20 (lunar January 26) organized an interesting activity for the locals and tourists on the occasion of 2020 Lunar New Year. More than 200 locals, tourists, and invited guests in Nha Trang made “Tét” cakes, one of the staples during Tet holiday in Vietnam.
 
The organizers prepared 90kgs of glutinous rice, pork and peeled mung beans for the participants to make “Tét” cakes. After wrapping all ingredients in banana leaves, the participants attached their name tag on their cake. The cakes were cooked and were given to the participants based on the name tags on the morning of January 21.
  
Besides making “Tét” cake activity, Champa Island Nha Trang also holds some folk games and an exhibition of traditional handicrafts on Lunar New Year holiday 2020.
 
The following are some images of locals and tourists making “Tét” cakes at Champa Island Nha Trang
 
 
Champa Island staff preparing banana leaves to wrap “Tét” cakes
Champa Island staff preparing banana leaves to wrap “Tét” cakes

 

 

Weighing glutinous rice
Weighing glutinous rice for one "Tét" cake

 

Participants receiving ingredients
Participants receiving ingredients

 

 

Champa Island staff teaching participants to wrap “Tét” cakes
Champa Island staff teaching participants to wrap “Tét” cakes

 

Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Khanh Hoa Province and Deputy Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Council Le Xuan Than and his wife joining activity
Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Khanh Hoa Province and Deputy Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Council Le Xuan Than and his wife joining activity

 

Children trying making “Tét” cake
Children trying making “Tét” cake

 

 

Russian tourist enjoy making “Tét” cake
Russian tourist enjoy making “Tét” cake

 

 

Participants registering their cakes before they are cooked
Participants registering their cakes before they are cooked

 

Putting “Tét” cakes into big pot
Putting “Tét” cakes into big pot
Xuan Thanh
Translated by H.N