Firework procession festival in Bac Ninh province
The annual firework procession festival takes place in Dong Ky Village (Dong Quang, Tu Son, Bac Ninh) on the 4th of the first lunar month. The festival aims to commemorate the day when general Thiên Cương gave order for soldiers to march into battle defeating enemies and later regarded and worshipped as the tutelary god.
Dong Da mound festival in Hanoi
Dong Da mound festival takes place every year on the 5th of the first lunar month to reflect the decisive victory in a battle led by King Quang Trung against foreign invaders. The festival procession starts from Khuong Thuong communal house to Dong Da mound. The Dong Quang pagoda nearby is the venue for ceremonies to pray for the soul of the former soldiers who sacrified themselves in the battle. During the festival there are many traditional games such as dragon and lion dance, wrestling, chess, cock fighting....
Huong pagoda festival, Hanoi
Huong pagoda festival holds annually and lasts for three months, from the 6th day of the first Lunar month to the 6th day of the third lunar month. Taking place in Huong Son Commune, My Duc district, Ha Noi, Huong Pagoda Festival is one of the biggest and the longest festivals in the country.
Tich Dien Doi Son Festival in Ha Nam province
Tich Dien Doi Son festival in Duy Tien district of Ha Nam province takes place on 5th -7th of the first lunar month with the aim to encourage farming and agriculture. The festival was first held in the 10th century in Ha Nam, the homeland of King Lê Đại Hành and restored in 2009 after many years of disruption.
The festival includes the ceremonies for the reporting to the tutelary God and water procession to Doi pagoda; buffalo decoration competition, king procession and plowing. Festival cultural activities include art performance, booths displaying products, wrestling and traditional games
Long Tong festival in Tuyen Quang province
Long Tong festival is a tradition of the Tay ethnic group in the northern province of Tuyen Quang. The festival is held on the 8th day of the first lunar month to pray for a new year of good weather, good crops, prosperity and family happiness.
During the festival, all families prepare items made from agricultural produces to offer to gods, such as rice cakes, boiled pork and eggs, five-color sticky rice. Besides rituals and ceremonies, the festival has traditional games such as nem con (throwing cloth balls), walking on stilts, puppetry, cock fighting, martial art performance, swinging, tug, stick pushing, crossbow and then singing competitions.
Yen Tu festival in Quang Ninh province
Yen Tu is considered as a Buddhist center in Vietnam and its festival each year attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Yen Tu Festival commences annually on the 10th day of the first lunar month and lasts for three months. During the festival, tens of thousands of pilgrims begin their journey from Yen Tu mountain foot in early morning to the uppermost shrine (Dong Pagoda) on top of the mountain.
Lim festival in Bac Ninh province
Lim Festival opens annually from the 12th - 14th of the first lunar month in the year in Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province. This festival is also place for cultural ceremonies and various folk games such as “danh du” (bamboo swings), wrestling, chess, weaving and rice-cooking competitions, etc.
Tran temple festival in Nam Dinh province
Tran temple festival annually lasts from the 13th – 15th of the first lunar month. The seal opening ceremony, the main ritual of the festival, will take place on the 14th night of the first lunar month. Each year, people flock to the ceremony to get a copy of the traditional seal, as a symbol of traditional promotion, in order to pray for luck in their careers
Sinh village festival in Hue
Lai An village (also known as Sinh village) is located in Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province. Sinh village’s wrestling festival takes places from the 9th – 10th of the first lunar month. This traditional festival aims to promote a sporting spirit, physical and mental training for the youth.
King Mai temple festival in Nghe An province
King Mai temple festival has been held annually on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to commemorate King Mai Hac De (or Mai Thuc Loan) in Nam Dan district, in the central province of Nghe An.
Via Ba festival in Binh Dinh province
Via Ba festival annually commences on the 17th of the first lunar month. Besides rituals and ceremonies, the festival lively takes place with martial arts demonstrations by traditional martial arts club of An Nhon town and many folk games such as tugging, pushing sticks, jumping in sacks, marathon…
Cau Ngu Festival in Thua Thien Hue province
The traditional Cau Ngu festival takes place in Thai Duong village, Thuan An town, Phu Van district, Thua Thien Hue province on the 12th day of the first month in a fond memory of the village tutelary Trương Qúy Công who was born in Thanh Hoa province and came to the village to settle, train the locals how to fish, and trade junks.
Dong Da festival in Binh Dinh province
The Dong Da – Tay Son Festival is held to commemorate leaders of the Tay Son movement, especially hero Quang Trung – Nguyễn Huệ 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 district, 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, folk games, and traditional opera singing contests attracting large numbers of visitors in the country and overseas.
Ba Den temple festival in Tay Ninh province
The festival is also known as Linh Son Mother Goddess temple Festival. The festival is held from the 10th to 15th of the first lunar month. The festival attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year participating with the hope to receive blessing from Linh Son Mother Goddess.
Source: ngoisao.net
