Gong show from Dalat

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Seniors

Location: Vietnam

Activity: Sightseeing

Languages spoken: English, Vietnamese

Duration: 3 hrs

Difficulty: Easy

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14.50 €

Total price 14.50 €

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Highlights

Watch several live gong dancing performances
Enjoy BBQ shashlik and locally-brewed 'Ruou Can' rice wine
An incredible location venue, in the Vietnamese Central Highlands
Learn all about the importance of gong dances in Vietnamese culture
English-speaking guide and hotel transport from Dalat

All about the trip

Join us to experience a traditional Vietnamese gong show in Dalat.

Our evening begins around 18:15 with collection from your hotel in Dalat, from here we will head to the Central Highlands. Hidden here in the immense pine forest, is the perfect location to witness a traditional gong show performance. This beautiful location only adds to the experience you're about to witness.

Each visitor will be treated to a locally-brewed Ruou Can rice wine and a BBQ shashlik. The performance will finish around 21:00 and you will be transported home. A full list of the performances is listed below in the itinerary.

Central Highlands Wikipedia Gong show YouTube video

What is included in the price

BBQ shashlik
Ruou Can rice wine
English-speaking guide
Entrance fees and roundtrip hotel transport

What is not included in the price

Additional refreshments
Additional funds for souvenirs
Gratuities for your guides

You must be physically able to walk to do this activity

Instructions

Please dress according to local weather conditions

What to take with you?

Camera
Comfortable shoes
A small bag or rucksack
Personal ID or Passport
Additional drinking water
Gratuities for your guides
Personal funds for additional expenses

Itinerary

	Transport from your hotel in Dalat
	Arrive at the gong show venue in the Central Highlands
	Setting-up the fire ceremony
	introduction to Lom Biang Village, Gong culture and the lifestyle of Lac and Cil people
	God of Fire Ceremony (Group leader is invited to set the fire)
	Gong dance welcoming God
	Welcoming New Rice Dance
	“A rap mo o” dance (Girls carry water in dry calabash gourds)
	“Ngày hội rông chiêng” dance
	Listening to 6 men ringing the K’Ram gong
	We'll enjoy some Ruou Can (rice wine) and grilled meat
	Introduction to mountainous lifestyle and the origin of Dalat Gong
	Highland Soan dance
	Buffalo dance with a wooden buffalo bell
	“Lang Biang flower” dance
	“D’rop P’nu hungting” dance
	“Leave picking” dance
	P’Ro finding buffalos Gong
	“My love by the river” dance
	“Moonlight rice pounding” dance
	“Seasonal days in village” dance
	“Dung Lang love story” dance
	Community games
	Invite groups to join in
	Goodbye song
	Transport home

Where do we meet and where will the trip end?

Meeting place:

You will be picked up and dropped off at your hotel in Dalat. Please let us know the name of your hotel during the booking process.

Meeting place information:

We can also meet 38 Đường Tăng Bạt Hổ, Phường 1, Thành phố, Lâm Đồng, Đà Lạt, if you prefer. Please just let us know when booking.

Final destination:

Same as the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy - Benevolent

Cancellation more than 4 days prior to the starting date. Clients are automatically refunded the full booking price.
Cancellation within 48 to 96 hours prior to the starting date. Clients are entitled to a 50% refund of the booking price.
Cancellation less than 48 hours prior to the starting date. No refunds.

The full Terms and Conditions are available on our website.

This activity is organised by Viet Challenge Tours, 38 Tang Bat Ho, Ward 1, Dalat, Lam Dong, 670000, Vietnam, +84 982 628 806, vietchallengedl@gmail.com.