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Kinh Dinh - Le temple festival
Giong temple festival
Upon reaching the top visitors feel a Every year the festival occurs
sense like entering Nirvana. during the 1st lunar month.
Local dwellers pay tribute to the
Giong Festival deities and pray for favorable
weather conditions and an
Every year the village Phu Dong abundant harvest. The main
hosts the Giong Festival registered activity involves a farmer plowing
by UNESCO as a World Intangible fields with a buffalo to mark the
Heritage. Giong Festival is among the beginning of the harvest.
most age - old festivals which brings
together the traditions of love for the Nem con Festival
motherland and the preservation of
the cultural heritage. It is held from Nem con is one of the most
the 6th to 12th day of the 4th lunar distinctive and exciting games
month in Phu Dong Commune, many ethnic minorities in the
Gia Lam District, Ha Noi. The date Northern Highlands. Nem con is
acommemorates the legendary often played in an open space with
hero of Giong who sacrificed his life a 2-30 meters tall bamboo pole in
to fight against An invaders. The the center. There is a red paper
people proclaimed him Saint Giong hoop at the top of the bamboo.
or Phu Dong Thien Vuong. The Giong Two teams of boys and girls take
Festival expresses the everlasting turns throwing the ball at the hoop
fighting spirit and prayers for peace while happily singing. The winning
of the Vietnamese. team is the one who throws the
ball through the hoop the most.
Long Tong Festival Every successful throw is met with
rousing cheers.
Long Tong festival is marked as
the most scared festival of the
Tay and Nung ethnic groups.
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