The 11th Southern Traditional Cake Festival in 2024, with the theme “Rich Southern Flavor”, will take place from April 17 to 21 at Binh Thuy District Square, Can Tho City. This is a unique cultural event to preserve and promote the value of Vietnamese culinary culture, while introducing the cultural beauty of the Mekong Delta to domestic and foreign tourists.
Visitors will admire many different types of cakes from the Southern region.
This year's festival brings together more than 250 booths, giving visitors the opportunity to enjoy and explore more than 100 unique traditional cakes, along with regional specialties and OCOP products from all over the country. In particular, visitors will admire the giant 4-meter-diameter pancake and participate in many exciting activities such as: Traditional Cake Competition, demonstration of cake making by artisans, space to introduce the national intangible cultural heritage of Thuan Hung rice paper making...
The highlight of the festival is the Traditional Cake Competition, where talented artisans compete in creating and presenting delicious cakes imbued with cultural identity. Visitors also have the opportunity to experience the display space of traditional cakes, learn about the traditional cake making process, and participate in other unique cultural activities.
The festival attracts many artisans from all over.
The Southern Traditional Cake Festival is not only an attractive culinary destination but also a place for visitors to experience the local culture in the most authentic way. Visitors will be immersed in the vibrant, bustling atmosphere of the festival, enjoy the sweet folk songs and participate in fun folk games.
The Southern Traditional Cake Festival is an opportunity for artisans and businesses to introduce and perform cakes with typical culinary culture, in order to preserve and promote Southern traditional cakes, contributing to the development of tourism in Can Tho city.
Main activities of the Festival
1. Festival Opening Ceremony
- Time: At 19:00, April 17, 2024 (March 9 of the lunar calendar).
- Location: Main stage of the Festival.
2. Offering traditional cakes on Hung Kings' Commemoration Day (10th day of the 3rd lunar month)
- Time: At 07:00, April 18, 2024 (March 10 of the lunar calendar).
- Location: Hung King Temple, Can Tho city (with detailed script according to separate ceremony rituals)
3. Traditional cake making contest and demonstration program on how to make traditional cakes
- Time: From April 17, 2024 to April 21, 2024 (March 9 - 13 of the lunar calendar).
- Venue: Competition and Performance Area in Binh Thuy District Square.
4. Organize a folk cake exhibition area; a giant pancake pouring demonstration area, a Thuan Hung rice paper making reenactment area (national intangible cultural heritage), and demonstration of how to make various folk cakes.
- Time: From April 17, 2024 to April 21, 2024 (from March 9 to March 13 of the lunar calendar).
- Location: Exhibition area, Festival organization.
5. Organize booths and decorate the Festival space
- Time: From April 17, 2024 to April 21, 2024 (from March 9 to March 13 of the lunar calendar).
- Venue: At Binh Thuy District Square.
6. Nightly art program
- Time: 03 nights (From the night of April 18; April 19 and the night of April 20, 2024 (from the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month to the 12th day of the 3rd lunar month).
- Venue: Main stage of the Festival
7. Festival Summary and Closing Ceremony
- Time: 19:00, April 21, 2024 (March 13 of the lunar calendar).
- Location: Main stage of the Festival.
