Around 120 barbers from a number of different provinces and cities gathered on April 14 at Kim Lien Village in Hanoi’s Dong Da District to offer free haircuts.
This is part of the village’s traditional festival to honour the local ancestor of barbers.
Between the 1970s and 1980s, as many as 80% of villagers were hairdressers, many of them famous. But their numbers have decreased over the years.
Since 2005, the festival at the Kim Lien Village pagoda has included a contest for the most outstanding barbers in an attempt to revive the traditional industry.
Festival started at 9:30am
Visitors given free haircuts by professional barbers
Visitors have their hair curled free of charge
Children also join in the fun
