Festivals
in December 2005
Haiphong City
Trang Temple - Nguyen Binh Khiem Festival
Time:
28th day of the
eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Trung Am Hamlet,
Ly Hoc Commune, Vinh Bao District,Haiphong City.
Objects
of worship:Doctorate
Nguyen Binh Khiem.
Characteristics:A
solemn sacrifices-offering ceremony in commemorating
Doctorate Nguyen Binh Khiem takes place in the
relics of. This is a big cultural event in Haiphong
City and it attracts great numbers of visitors.
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Hung
Yen
An Xa Village
Festival
Time:
The 1st day of the
twelfth lunar month.
Place:
An Xa Village, Toan
Thang Commune, Kim Dong District, Hung Yen Province.
Objects
of worship:Village's
tutelary god Anh Lang - Duc Van Royal Highest
in the reign of Hung Due Vuong who had merit
of helping people in the region to escape famine.
Characteristics:
Ceremony of recalling
the embodied day of the An Xa village's tutelary
god.
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Duong
Phuc Festival
Time:
16th day of the
eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Kim Dong District,
Hung Yen Province.
Objects
of worship:
Village's tutelary god Trinh Phuc Tu Hoa Doan
Trang Thanh Mau Royal Highest who died but always
appear with supernatural power in helping villagers
to avoid robbery danger.
Characteristics:Commemoration
of the embodied day of the village's tutelary
god.
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Kim
Dang Festival
Time:
The 17th day of
the eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Kim Dong District,
Hung Yen Province.
Objects
of worship:Village's
tutelary god - Te The Ho Quoc, and his wife
Moi Nuong Trinh Thuc, who assisted Dinh Tien
Hoang in quelling 12 vassals..
Characteristics:
Commemoration of
the embodied day of the village's tutelary god.
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Minh
Tap Commune Festival
Time:
The 2nd day of the
eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Khoai Chau District,
Hung Yen Province.
Objects
of worship:Village's
tutelary god - Uy Muc Oai Linh Dai Vuong (in
the reign of Hung Due Vuong) who had merit of
fighting Thuc troops and his soul always appear
with great power in helping King Ly Nam De fight
against drought and give famine relief for people.
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Ha
Tay
Ha
Thai Festival
Time:From
the 9th to the 11th day of the eleventh lunar
month. The main festival day is on the 10th
day of the eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Ha Thai Village,
Duyen Thai Commune, Thuong Tin District, Ha
Tay Province.
Objects
of worship:
Village's tutelary
god - Mr. Bui Si Luong (military mandarin of
Le Dynasty, fighting Mac Dynasty) and Ms. Dinh
Thi Trach (who sacrificed herself to tiger for
saving the village).
Characteristics:
Fix neu tree in
the ground near well, water procession, moc
duc ceremony, cao yet ceremony in the shrine
and worshipping in the communal house, wrestling,
sinh tien dance, lion dance, running contest,
to tom diem playing...
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Trung
Do worshipping Festival
Time:
18th day of the
eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Ngoc Phan Village,
Thanh Oai District, Ha Tay Province..
Objects
of worship:King
Ly Nam De..
Characteristics:Worshipping,
prayers, phet playing.
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Thai
Binh
An Co Village
Festival
Time:
The 15th day of
the eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Thuy An Commune,
Thai Thuy District, Thai Binh Province.
Objects
of worship:
Village's tutelary
god - Nam Hai Dai Vuong - Pham Hai who had merit
of encouraging people produce, protecting crops,
excluding natural calamity, epidemic diseases.
Characteristics:Procession
of tutelary god, sacrifices-offering ceremony
(24 worshipping people wear felt hats, mandarin's
boots, armour with specific ceremonies), chess
playing, wrestling and cheo singing in the yard
of communal house.
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Hanoi
Lo Khe Festival
Time:
5th to the 7th day of the fourth lunar month
and the 13th to the 15th day of the eleventh
lunar month.
Place:Lien
Ha Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.
Objects
of worship:Mr.
Dinh Du and his wife, Mrs. Man Hoa Duong (taught
a dào singing).
Characteristics:
Ancestor of ca
trù 's death anniversary with sacrifice-offering
ceremony and singing, dancing.
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Manh
Tan Village Festival
Time:
10th day of the eleventh lunar month.
Place:Manh
Tan Hamlet, Thuy Lam Commune, Dong Anh District,
Hanoi.
Objects
of worship:Duong
Giang, Ly trieu Quoc Mau (mother of the country
of Ly Dynasty).
Characteristics:
Palanquin procession,
sacrifices-offering ceremony, traditional wrestling.
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Quang
Binh
The worshipping
ceremony of the beginning crop of cultivating
rice seedlings in Le Son Village.
Time:
1st day of the
eleventh lunar month.
Place:
Le Son Village,
Tuyen Hoa District, Quang Binh Province.
Objects
of worship:Village's
tutelary god.
Characteristics:
Worshipping to tutelary god (10 trays of steamed
glutinous rice, 10 cocks), after that a couple
which is good at work and has son and daughter
is chosen to cultivate rice seedlings in the
field which is in front of the communal house.
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Ben
Tre
Phu Le Communal
House Festival
Time:
From the 18th to
the 19th day of the third lunar month (Ky Yen
Festival) and the 9th to the 10th day of the
eleventh lunar month (Cau Bong Festival).
Place:
Phu Khuong Hamlet,
Phu Le Commune, Ba Tri District, Ben Tre Province.
Objects
of worship:The
village's tutelary god.
Characteristics:Ky
Yen festival: praying for good weather, Cau
Bong festival: praying for good crops, god honour-conferring
diploma procession, worshipping Tien hien, Hau
hien (sages of former time who breaking ground
and opening rice paddies), boi singing.
