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Phu Day festival
Nui Ba Festival Ooc Om Bok Festival and
Ghe Ngo Festival
Ba mountain better known as Ms. Den
mountain is home to one of the most Ooc Om Bok and Ghe Ngo festivals
scared festivals. It commemorates are Khmer people’s annual events
the legend of Ms. Den, the devout held on 14th and 15th of October
daughter of a guard officer of the following lunar calendar.
Mien ethnic minority group who
remained a nun at the monastery at Ooc Om Bok festival: The Oc Om Bok
Ba mountain her whole life. Ms. Den festival is characterized as a religious
was honored as Linh Son Thanh Mau festival to worship the moon god of
(The Saint of Linh Son). The festival is the Khmers. Here local dwellers say
held annually from the 4th to 6th day of thanks to the Moon God for rich crops
the 5th lunar month. and favorable weather conditions that
will bring health and happiness. When
Kate Festival the full moon appears on the night of
the 14th day of the 10th lunar month,
The Kate festival is the most Khmers worship the Moon God by
important festival of the Cham ethnic preparing a feast consisting of green
group who inhabit the An Phuoc rice flakes, ripe bananas, freshly peeled
District of Ninh Thuan Province. coconuts, mangoes and other foods in
Every year the Kate festival starts on front of pagodas or in their houses.
the 1st day of the 7th month of the
Cham Calendar (in correspondence Ghe Ngo Festival
with September or October of the
solar calendar). During the festival, The Ghe Ngo festival is held
the Cham people always relate after the first day of Ooc Om Bok
mythical life stories of the creator festival with groups of young
of the universe and burn incense in strong men taking part in the Nge
commemoration of heroic martyrs.
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