7 biggest festivals in Phan Thiet – Mui Ne
7 biggest festivals in Phan Thiet – Mui Ne
Phan Thiet is a land with many customs of different ethnic groups and diverse festivals throughout the year.
1. Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held every year on the night of the 14th of the 8th lunar month in Phan Thiet city, visitors will be immersed in the majestic festival atmosphere with colorful shimmering lights of the flowers played by the teenagers. parade in the Mid-Autumn Festival on the central streets, showing the unique culture and sacred imprint for each person, big or small, because everyone has spent childhood with memories. pretty.
The Mid-Autumn Festival night not only shows the unique features and shimmering beauty, but also has social – literary – economic meanings. With its own unique and distinctive features, the Mid-Autumn Festival in Phan Thiet city has been recognized by the Vietnamese Guiness calendar as the largest Mid-Autumn festival in the country attracting a large number of tourists and local people. participating side.
2. Dinh Thay Thim
As one of the few southern festivals included in the dictionary of Vietnamese festivals, Dinh Thay Thim Festival with its own charming natural scenery and unique features, has been each year. day by day attracting a large number of tourists near and far to Phan Thiet.
The Dinh Thay Association has many activities with religious nuances, it is believed that Thay Thim is very sacred, and sincere pilgrims will be lucky and peaceful. Vegetarian offerings are offered on the evening of the 15th, and vegetarian and salty foods are offered on September 16th.
3. Nghinh Ong Festival – biggest festivals in Phan Thiet
Nghinh Ong Festival is a festival of the Chinese people in commemoration of Quan Thanh De Quan (Quan Cong), meaning folklore, sports Wishing peace, happiness and a prosperous life for the whole community. This is a festival that is considered to still retain most of the traditional cultural values even though it has been “old” for nearly 200 years. The festival is held every 2 years, attracting a large number of Chinese people from all over the world and tourists to Phan Thiet to attend the ceremony.
Participating in the parade were 4 Chinese guilds: Fujian, Guangzhou, Hainan, and Chaozhou, dressed in traditional costumes, as characters such as Quan Cong, Truong Phi, Bat Tien, Fairy Nu, and Sun Wukong. , Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara … Especially the parade of the Dragon Dragon is considered the longest in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
4. Cau Ngu Festival
Cau Ngu is a folk festival associated with the beliefs and life of the residents of the Central Coast. In Binh Thuan, Cau Ngu festival is present at most of the palaces worshiping the Ong (Whale) fish in the province. Cau Ngu Festival vividly recreates the traditional custom of worshiping Ong fish according to legends imbued with folklore. Cau Ngu festival at Van Thuy Tu palace, Phan Thiet city usually takes place on the 20th day of the 6th lunar month every year and has become a traditional festival of the people here.
At each festival, people hold a ceremony with solemn sacrifices, besides the festival with Ba Trao rowing and Boi singing interspersed in the ceremony. In addition to us, there are also folk games of fishermen in the sea such as singing huts, boat racing, shaking baskets.
5. Boat racing festival
On the 2nd day of the Lunar New Year every year, on the Ca Ty river in Phan Thiet city, a boat racing festival takes place, which is one of the oldest sports activities associated with life. spiritual culture of the people here every spring. In the jubilant atmosphere of the first days of the year, thousands of people gathered on both sides of the river to watch and cheer for the boats from all over the world to race.
Looking down from the riverbank, the racing boats like arrows tearing the water on the clear blue water, in the resounding cheers of the rowers, mixed with the cheers of the spectators to form a harmony. The performance of the festival is bustling and vibrant, imbued with the unique culture of the locality.
6. Kate Festival
Two provinces with many Cham residents such as Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan jointly organize the Kate festival on July 1 of the Cham calendar every year (from September 25 to October 5 of the solar calendar) in the following cities: Temples, towers, then transferred to families in Phan Thiet. Kate festival is the most important and largest-scale festival, lasting 5 days of the Cham community following the Brahmin religion. This is a festival to remember heroes, gods, ancestors and kings who have made merits to the country and to the people who have been deified such as Poklong Garai, Porome. The festival is concurrent with pilgrimage, an opportunity to visit and meet relatives…
This festival in Phan Thiet begins in the evening before the main festival with a ceremony to present clothes with solemn rituals in folk music and traditional dances. At noon on the main day of the festival is the offering ceremony and the procession of the gods, bathing the statue, wearing a shirt, wearing a hat for the statue… When it is about to get dark, the ceremony ends, everyone enjoys fortune and participates in fun games such as reciting poems, In this ceremony, people of the Ra Glai ethnic group in the mountains also come down to participate in the festival, sharing joy with the Cham people.
7. Peace Festival
It is one of the traditional festivals of the Cham people in Phan Thiet, held annually in villages and hamlets of the Cham Ba Ni ethnic group. The festival takes place in the early January of the Cham calendar, lasts about 3 days and 3 nights. Villagers hold a ceremony to pray for peace to send off bad luck and bad luck of the old year. The ceremony is conducted at dusk. After the ceremony, there are dance and singing performances of the Cham people and the game of boat dropping.
In addition, the Cham ethnic people in Phan Thiet regularly organize other festivals such as Cau Dao ceremony, Rija Nuga ceremony, Dam ceremony, Banning ceremony…
Đăng bởi: Hoàng Hải Phạm
