The palanquin was carried by village elders, young men and women in traditional costumes from communal houses to the Hung Kings Temple complex. The procession, a ritual that has been maintained for thousands of years by local people, took place alongside lion dances, and noisy drum and gong beating.
The palanquin procession, part of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, is one of the country’s largest annual cultural events held to commemorate the birth of Hung Kings believed to be the Vietnamese nation’s founders. It began on April 9 this year and is scheduled to last through to April 18.
The procession is a community activity which is held annually in the northern province of Phu Tho on the seventh day of the third lunar month. It aims to express gratitude to the kings and raise public awareness about the nation’s special history.
Over 2.5 million go on pilgrimage to ancestral land
Some 2.5 million people flocked to the northern midland province of Phu Tho to celebrate the annual Hung Kings Temple Festival as of April 23 (the eight day of the third lunar month), said the organising board.
“Japanese Culture Festival” opens in Da Nang city
NDO/VNA – The Da Nang Museum held the “Japanese Culture Festival” 2019 in the central city of Da Nang on March 10 to introduce the beauty of the culture, land and people of Japan to locals and visitors, thus contributing to the strengthening of cultural exchange between the two countries and bilateral friendship.
Cham Cultural Festival kicks off in Phu Yen
NDO – A ceremony took place in Khanh Hoa city, Phu Yen province, on August 19 to open the fifth Cham Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival, 2019, and receive a certificate recognising Nhan Tower as a national special relic site.
Sa Pa Winter Festival 2017 opens
NDO – Sa Pa Winter Festival 2017 officially opened in Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province, on December 22, as part of the activities during the 2017 National Tourism Year in Lao Cai province.
Tourism programme promotes heritage sites in Viet Bac region
NDO – A ceremony was held at Ba Be Lake in the mountainous northern province of Bac Kan on November 18, to open the ninth tourism programme entitled ‘Through Viet Bac Heritage Sites’ and Ba Be – Bac Kan tourism week.
