Giving back to holding and taking care of young children for the husband and sisters of the San ethnic group There are only fierce ball games that are no less than a beard in the Sóong Co festival football matches (Binh Lieu, Quang Ninh).
As an annual year, on the full moon of March, the Sóong Co Festival (Húc Dong, Bình Liêu, Quảng Ninh) takes place with many cultural and cultural activities of San Chi ethnic people. Most notably, the women’s soccer tournament takes place at the communal cultural house football field on the top of a high hill.
Taking place since 2016, the football tournament is meant to provide a playground for women who are accustomed to farming and taking care of families. Women not only see men doing sports but also directly have the opportunity to participate in this healthy game.
San Chi woman competes in the tournament with costumes bearing her ethnic identity. The head is wrapped in a scarf, dressed in a traditional black blue shirt, shoes and socks are fully equipped like football players.
Visitors from all over the world come to the festival, in addition to witnessing women wearing skirts and shoes playing soccer, they can also see the image of “men” outside carrying their children to their wives to play football. There are even families of husbands who act as coaches and wives participate in competitions.
According to Mr. La Ngoc Duong, Secretary of Party Committee, Chairman of Huc Dong Commune People’s Committee, said: “Húc Dong includes 5 ethnic minorities, only San Chi people account for over 70% out of about 2,800 people. The commune has 9 villages, of which 6 are mainly San Chi people, 3 remaining villages are Dao “.
Inside the yard, the sisters had a fierce ball game no less than men. To distinguish the two-team players, the female players are all wearing the traditional national blue shirt, but with different colors.
The “fly-fly” tactic is thoroughly understood and applied by women during the match, each time an opponent player has the ball, there will be at least 2 people running along.
The situations of aerial ball disputes are very drastic, even the head scarf is sometimes slipped out of the head.
On the morning of April 25, it was pouring rain that made it difficult for women to play, receiving the ball from teammates as well as shots became inaccurate due to the slippery water ball.
The increasing rainfall made the sisters and the audience quickly find shelter, the game was temporarily stopped due to the unsafe for players playing on the field.
Players on the Thanh Thin team and their family found shelter, waiting for the rain to fall to continue to return to the playing field.
The match was back after the rain fell, both teams continued to play up the ball in search of a goal.
The opening goal of Na Ech players after the messy ball situation in front of the goalkeeper of Thanh Thin team.
The sisters celebrated very simply by clapping their hands after the opening goal.
The young player from Na Ech side had chest pain and burst into tears after a collision on the field, forced to take a few minutes off the border before returning to play again.
The finish of La Thi Cuu player from Na Ech team, this girl is currently in grade 11 at Tien Yen Secondary and High School Boarding School, is known to be a football fanatic, idols Cristiano Ronaldo and Cong Phuong.
Losing the game, the players on the Thanh Thin side easily let Na Ech have 3 more goals and pity the loss results.
The tournament will continue until the semi-finals on April 26. The final match and award ceremony will take place on the occasion of the national reunification anniversary, April 30, 2021. Follow Dân trí