Folk game festival – A link to tradition in the international program

The folk game festival not only creates a nice, useful and fun play area for the students but also helps them understand beautiful Vietnamese traditional cultural values and enhances their sense of spiritual and moral values such as maintaining lifelong friendships and the love for family and country.

With the motto ‘Vietnam’s spirit, global education’, in addition to providing an international standard of education and helping students gain a worldly knowledge, the Asian International School attaches special importance to outdoor activities that educate and cultivate the students’ spirit, and guide students to an understanding of traditional cultural values. Every year, the Asian International School organizes different outdoor activities to help students perceive ‘cultural beauty’ which brings many useful results that always surpass the school’s expectations.

The 2015 Folk Game Festival was participated by all students in IPS. The festival was held for the second time from April 16th to April 22nd at all campuses. There were interesting folk games such as: Vietnamese hopscotch, Bamboo dancing, Tug-of-war, Blind man's bluff and many more. The games were played enthusiastically by all teachers and students. Wearing the lovely traditional clothes, the students had a fun day to play games that promote health and encourage clever, skilled and cooperative thinking.

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The folk game festival creates one of the most exciting play areas at the Asian International School

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Students were very eager to play the games in the festival

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Bamboo dancing

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Smash the pig

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Tug-of-war

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Kneading Toy figurines

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Blind man's bluff

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Mandarin Square Capturing

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The dragon and the snake

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Capture the can

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Vietnamese hopscotch

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Students are interested in the hand puppet stories told by the teachers

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Circle singing

Cảm nghĩ học sinh

Truong Ho Tuan Anh – Class Starters 2.12

Trương Hồ Tuấn Anh - Lớp 2/12

“I like the Folk Game Festival a lot because there are many new and fun games. I like Tug-of-war the best. We can have fun and stand together. I hope the school will have more interesting activities like this so we can play with teachers and friends. .

Nguyen Mai Thy – Class Movers 2.4

Nguyễn Mai Thy - Lớp 4/4

“This is the second time I have worn the traditional clothes to play the amazing games in the Folk Game Festival. The atmosphere is very fun and we feel excited. I especially like Capture the can and Tug-of-War.”.

Kevin – Class Starters 1.3

Nguyễn Mai Thy - Lớp 4/4

“This is the first time I participate in the festival. I rarely play these games at home. I like the festival atmosphere a lot because I see many beautiful clothes and I can have fun.”.

Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Tien – Class Starters 2.1

Nguyễn Ngọc Thủy Tiên – Lớp 2/1

“The festival is really useful. The folk games help us understand more about Vietnamese cultural values. We feel happy because the school always has good activities like this.”.

Dinh Duy Khoi – Class Starters 2.1

Đinh Duy Khôi – Lớp 2/1

“I feel very happy because I can play very fun games with my friends. I like the game where I throw the balls into the baskets the best because it helps me to be skilled and fast. Besides that, I also like the games named Bamboo dancing.”.