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September 2019
Quang Binh Boat Racing Festival
Quang Binh Boat Racing Festival takes place on the 2nd September on Kien Giang River, Le Thuy District, Quang Binh province in the north central region of Vietnam. It is an annual event held to promote national unity and sportsmanship in the hometown of General Vo Nguyen Giap. The boat race was originally a part of a traditional festival praying for good weather and abundant crops. Young people participated in the sports as a way to prepare themselves in a…
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Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival
Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival is held every year on the 9th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. There are, in fact, two rounds of elimination before the middle of the fifth month and 8th day of the sixth lunar month. The Buffalo Fight in Do Son is a traditional festival that is attached to a Water God worshipping ceremony and the “Hien Sinh” custom. The most typical reason for the ceremony is to express the martial spirit…
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An Hai Village Festival
An Hai village festival is celebrated on the 10th day of 8th lunar month in An Hai Tay, Son Tra district, Da Nang city, central Vietnam. After the opening ceremony, people rush to the riverbank to watch “lac thung”, a traditional sport game of the people in the coastal areas. In the village common, the participants try their best to be the winner of the chest tournament. All the teams joining “keo co” game are ready. Beside the traditional games, there…
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Tran Temple Festival
Tran temple festival is one of major traditional festivals in Nam Dinh. The festival was organized on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month in Loc Vuong, Nam Dinh, Vietnam. The structure of this place has three main buildings, comprised of the Thien Truong Temple (Up Temple), Trung Hoa Temple (Center Temple), and Co Trach Temple (Down Temple). Thien Truong Temple was established from the base of Trung Quang Palace in which the former King lived and worked. The…
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Kiep Bac Temple Festival
Kiep Bac Temple Festival is held from the 15th to 20th day of the 8th lunar month. The festival takes place in Hung Dao Commune, Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province, northern Vietnam. Kiep Bac temple is dedicated to Tran Quoc Tuan, the eminent marshal of the Tran Dynasty, who led the Vietnamese people in the three successful resistance wars against the Yuan-Mongolian invaders in the 13th century. People have said that he was also a sorcerer and herbalist. Thanks to his…
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese children. In the cycle of seasons, in which alternate the yang (male) and yin (female) principles, the mid-autumn festival is celebrated around the autumn equinox, at a time when the yin (cold, darkness, the moon) begins to get the better of the yang ( warmth, light, the sun). On that night, the…
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Lam Kinh Festival
Lam Kinh Festival takes place on the 22nd day of the eight lunar month in King Le temple, Lam Kinh, Tho Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province. Lam Kinh is the place of mausoleums and tombs of the Le Kings. At the Muc Son Quay, in front of the tomb area in the present-day Xuan Lam Commune, there is a small temple dedicated to King Le Thai To (or Le Loi). In the past, every three years, on the King’s death…
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Ba Vang Pagoda Festival
Ba Vang Pagoda is located in Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh Province, about 120km from Hanoi city’s center. Also known as Bao Quang Pagoda, it preserves unique values of Vietnamese Buddhist Sec – Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen. Ba Vang Pagoda is the only place in Quang Ninh Province to organize Chrysanthemum Festival on the 9th day of the ninth lunar month to honor the chrysanthemum – the symbol of Buddhist culture associated with Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen. The…
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Keo Pagoda Festival
The Keo Pagoda Festival is one of biggest Spring festival in Thai Binh province. Many religious and traditional rituals and customs are held in celebration of the Buddhist monk who rendered great merits to the people and the country. The Keo Pagoda festival is open twice a year on the 4th of the first lunar month and on the 13th of the 9th month (lunar calendar). The festival also hosts different traditional cultural activities, reflecting the life style, which is…
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Lo Khe Festival
Lo Khe Festival takes place twice a year, from the 5th to the 7th day of the 4th lunar month and the 13th to the 15th day of the 11th lunar month. The festival is held in Lien Ha, Dong Anh, at about 18K from Hanoi downtown. The festival is to show respect and memory of Mr. Dinh Du and his wife, Mrs. Man Hoa Duong who had taught the local villagers how to sing Ca Tru. There are different…
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