Festival

At the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Nghinh Ong (Whale Worship) festival, an annual traditional event of local fishermen, is underway in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio district. First held in the locality in 1913, it was recognised as National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. It is a cultural identity of coastal localities, which has been preserved and passed down through generations, aiming to pray for bumper hauls of fish, safe voyages and peace. This year, the festival lasts from September 12 to 14 and consists of rituals and festive activities that feature musical performances, sports, and folk games, among others. Ho Hong Thanh Tinh, Secretary of the district’s youth union, said nearly 2,000 of its members are working to support tourists at the event. Nguyen Van Nam, a local resident, said Can Gio people consider Nghinh Ong festival the second biggest event of the year. On the occasion, local authorities will also host a Mid-Autumn Festival for … [Read more...] about HCM City: Nghinh Ong festival in full swing in Can Gio

The sitting tug-of-war game, a folk game during the festivals and rituals at Tran Vu temple in Thach Ban ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi, was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Photo: VNA) … [Read more...] about Sitting tug-of-war receives UNESCO’s recognition

Annual whale worshipping festivals at fishing villages are a spiritual ritual of fishing communities in coastal Vietnam (Photo: VNA) The festival marks the end of the lunar New Year holidays among fishing communities and fishermen would set sail on new fishing trips afterwards (Photo: VNA) Participants pray for plenteous hauls of fish, safe voyages, and peace for the nation (Photo: VNA) The festival features a wide variety of ceremonies and rituals, of which the whale worshipping ceremony is the most important activity, attracting the participation of numerous fishermen (Photo: VNA) Elderly fisherman perform rituals before palanquin procession (Photo: VNA) Opening ceremony: A procession of the god of the sea is carried by local fishermen as a prelude for the fishing festival in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) Following the rituals are community activities, such as folk performances and tuong (classical opera) singing (Photo: VNA) Annual whale worshipping festivals at fishing villages are a … [Read more...] about Whale worshipping festival in Da Nang

Illustrative image (Source: dulichmuaheviet.vn) Ben Tre (VNA) - A wide range of fruits are on placed on display at the 18th safe and fresh fruit festival, which kicked off in Cho Lach district, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, on June 5. The 5-day festival features 15 fruit booths and five food stalls. The highlight of the event is a fruit buffet area. Many key products of Hung Khanh Trung B, Binh Thanh, Long Thoi, Hoa Nghia, Son Dinh, Vinh Binh and Phu Phung communes and Cho Lach town are also brought at the festival. Contests of fruit and farm products, and a workshop on tourism development potential in Cho Lach and Ben Tre in general will be arranged in the framework of the festival. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Lap said the festival helps promote exchange and experience sharing, and enhance supply-demand chains among enterprises, traders and farmers in and outside the province. The event aims to find and select precious … [Read more...] about Ben Tre hosts 18th safe fruit festival

At the closing ceremony of the 8th Hue Traditional Craft Festival (Photo: VNA)   Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Up to 400,000 people visited the eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27-May 1, showing a 2.3-fold rise over the previous edition in 2017, according to the organisers. From April 28 to May 1, the occupancy rate of hotels in the province hit more than 97 percent. Foreign tourists to Thua Thien-Hue were mainly from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand, Malaysia, France and the US. The eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival wrapped up in the former imperial capital of Hue on May 1 with a grand closing ceremony. Various contracts were signed during the event. Vice Standing Chairman of the Hue city People’s Committee Nguyen Dang Thanh, vice head of the organising board, affirmed that the festival aims to honour quintessence of traditional crafts, improve the efficiency of traditional craft production and … [Read more...] about 2019 Hue Craft Festival draws 400,000 visitors