Sunday, February 9, 2014

10 festivals should not to be missed in February

During the first month of the lunar year (February), all regions in the country are jubilant with a lot of traditional festivals.


The husband-catching festival in Lam Dong


 


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From the 1st day of the lunar year to the end of the third month of the lunar year is the time for the husband-catching festivals of the ethnic groups of Chu Ru, Cil, Co Ho … in Lam Dong province in particular and in the Central Highlands in general.


The festival takes place at night. If a girl likes a guy, she will tell her family. The girl’s family will visit the guy’s home to propose marriage. If the guy agrees, the husband-catching rite will be held on the day before the wedding. The girl will go to the boy’s home to give him a ring. Seven days after the wedding, she will take off her ring and give it to her mother-in-law and vice versa.


Dong Da Festival – Binh Dinh province


 


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The Dong Da – Tay Son Festival is held to commemorate leaders of the Tay Son movement, especially hero Quang Trung – Nguyen Hue and celebrate the victory of Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da.


The festival takes place from the 4th to the 5th of the first lunar month, at the Quang Trung Museum in Phu Phong town, Tay Son, the central province of Binh Dinh.


In addition to traditional ceremonies, the festival has many cultural activities such as Tay Son martial arts demonstrations and Tay Son war drum performances, boat races, traditional games, and traditional opera singing contests.


Ba Den Mountain Festival, Tay Ninh province


 


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The Ba Den Mountain Spring Festival 2014 opened on the 4th day of the Lunar Year and will last until the end of February.


This is a famous traditional festival in the southern province of Tay Ninh and in the southeastern region. Visitors can reach the Ba Den Temple on the mountain top by foot or by cable cars.


In addition to making a pilgrimage in the early New Year, the 968m Ba Den Mountain is an interesting challenge for many young people.


Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival in Hanoi


 


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The Perfume Pagoda Festival this year opened on February 6 and will last until the end of the third lunar month.


Located in Huong Son commune, My Duc district, Hanoi, the Huong pagoda festival is one of the longest festivals in the country.


Coming to the festival, visitors will not only make a pilgrim to the land of Buddha but also have a chance to enjoy the romantic beauty of Huong Son.


Long Tong Festival, Tuyen Quang province


 


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Long Tong is a traditional festival of the Tay ethnic group in the northern province of Tuyen Quang. The festival is held on the 8th day of the lunar year to wish for a new year of good weather, bumper harvests and happy families.


In this day, all families prepare the items made from agricultural produces to offer to gods, such as rice cakes, boiled pork and eggs, five-color sticky rice.


Besides rituals and ceremony, the festival has traditional games like nem con (throwing cloth balls), walking on stilts, puppetry, cock fighting, martial art performance, swinging, tug, stick pushing, crossbow and then singing competitions.


Go Thi Thung Horse Racing Festival, Phu Yen province


 


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The festival is held on the 9th day of the New Year, at Go Thi Thung, An Xuan Commune, Tuy An district of the central province of Phu Yen.


The race is for baggage horses and the jockeys are farmers but at the festival, visitors will see exciting races in the cheer of thousands of spectators. In addition to horce races, the festival also has folk games.


Yen Tu Festival in Quang Ninh


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As one of the Buddhist centers of Vietnam, Yen Tu festival attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year.


In the 10th day of the New Year 2014, the giant statue of King Buddha Tran Nhan Tong will be inaugurated.


 


 


 



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