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Bac Ha is famous for its Sunday market, it is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives every Sunday.
Every Sunday, Bac Ha hosts the biggest fair near the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border.
The market was very crowded, local products for sale or barter are
carried on horseback. Besides the usual items like pigs, cows,
chickens, and ducks, the Bac Ha market sold dogs. As dogs were
available as cuts of meat, they were also available live, right next to
the live pigs, chickens, and other livestock.
Rounding the corner and pungent fumes of alcohol accosted our senses of
smell, from corn whiskey, a Bac Ha specialty. The potent moonshine is
decanted by vendors from large white plastic jugs to used bottled water
containers. If you doubt the ability of a vendor's hooch to peel paint
or light your senses on fire, you can try a shot for free.
At the fair, adventurous gastronomes can try thang co blood porridge, a popular dish of the HMong and other local people.
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