Bo Sao Village Festival
Time: From the 15th to the 16th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Bo Sao Commune, Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province.
Objects of worship: Dong Hai Dai Vuong.
Characteristics: Game of farming performance: villagers play in role of ploughman, raking people, rice seeds sowing people…
On
the 16th day of the fifth lunar month, there is a procession of rice
seeding on palanquin to Duong Temple, the tray of rice seeding is put
on the cult of table to worship god, after that cultivate them.
Cuu Ap Village Festival
Time: The 10th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Lien Chau Commune, Yen Lac District, Vinh Phuc Province.
Objects of worship: Tam Giang Dai Vuong Tho Lenh.
Characteristics: Custom of vying for
silk-worms while racing boat: the racing boats start from Chai
Communal House to Xuan Vien Village in the other bank of the river then
vying for silk-worms for good luck.
Yen Lap Festival (in the fourth lunar month)
Time: The 21st of the fourth lunar month.
Place: Yen Lap Commune, Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province.
Objects of worship: The village’s tutelary god.
Characteristics: Banh giay feast, sword dance, buffalo fighting.
Thai Dao Communal House Festival
Time: The 19th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Thai Dao Communal House, Thai Dao Commune, Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province.
Objects of worship: General Vu Thanh.
Characteristics: Traditional games: wrestling, swinging, human chess, Chinese chess, vying for ball.
Thanh Sam Festival
Time: The 2nd day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Kim Dong District, Hung Yen Province.
Objects of worship: Tutelary god Huong Thien, Dao Quang (the reign of Hung Due Vuong), who had merit of fighting Thuc troop.
Characteristics: The festival recalls the embodied day of tutelary god.
Van Khe Communal House Festival
Time: From the 17th to the 18th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Nghia Huong Commune, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Two village’s tutelary gods, sons of Lac Long Quan and Au Co.
Characteristics: Water procession, wrestling, chess playing, to tom diem playing, cheo performance.
Ham Long Pagoda Festival
Time: The 15th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Thuy Phuong Commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship:
The Buddha and Ly Ong Trong, who had merit of controlling floods on
the Red River, was sent to go abroad as King’s envoy to help Tan
King to fight against Hung No aggressors (221 BC).
Characteristics:
Royal order procession, giving out report ceremony to worship Buddha
and pray for the peace of Saint Chem and his wife’s souls.
Vinh Ninh Communal House Festival
Time: 13th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Vinh Quynh Commune, Thanh Tri District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Nang Tia, general of Hai Ba Trung.
Characteristics: Worshipping ancestor, traditional procession of god, mock battle performance.
Cau Dao Festival of the Cham
Time: The 18th day of the fifth lunar month or when the drought menaced.
Place: Poklong Garai and Po Rome Towers, Ninh Thuan Province.
Objects of worship: Agriculture Genie.
Characteristics: The sorcerer
and local people go to tower to worship the Agriculture Genie praying
for rain and pray gods for good crops. White buffalo is used as the
offering to sacrifice to the god.
My Long Sea Worshipping Festival
Time: From 10th day to the 12th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place: Ba Chua Xu Temple, My Long Town, Cau Ngang District, Tra Vinh Province.
Objects of worship: Ba Chua Xu (the local goddess), Ca Ong (whale).
Characteristics: The festival of the
fishermen in the southern coastal areas. The festival includes rites:
welcoming the Lord Whale, procession of Ba Chua Xu, sacrifice to the
Agriculture genie. Games: bag jumping (jumping in the bag), tug-of-war,
fish catching.
Chau Phu Communal House Festival
Time: From the 9th to the 11th day of the fifth lunar month.
Place:Chau Phu A Ward, Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province.
Objects of worship: Nguyen Huu Canh (the nephew of Nguyen Trai).
Characteristics: Incense offering, ky yen ceremony and boi singing at night.