If you have a chance to Dak Lak Province in springtime, you should not miss the Elephant Race Festival, normally celebrated in the third lunar month. Attending the festival, you will be lived in the boisterous atmosphere of the echo of gongs and the spectacular performances of the elephants from the Central Highlands forest. The…
The expression lingered in the mind of the Viet people like a reminder of finding way back to the root as August and March came to join vivid festivals in memory of Father and Holy Mother, who founded and protected the supernatural land. One of such traditional major festivals, serving as a pride of indigenous…
Legend has it that Vieng market islinked somehow to the person who brought copper casting to the area, Nguyen Minh Khong, so people who go the market feel that they will get lucky if they buy something made of copper at Vieng market on this day. Themarket opens on the 8th of lunar January; nevertheless,…
The Khmer ethnic people annually celebrated their traditional Ok Om Bok Festival on the full-moon day (15th day) of the middle Winter to shows their gratitude to the Moon Goddess for giving them a bumper harvest and rich aquatic sources. Ok Om Bok is now a popular festival celebrated not only in Soc Trang but…
A pilgrimage to Ba Chua Xu Temple Festival will help you to experience the local culture. It is a very colorful and attractive festival attended by people from all over Vietnam and is surely a treat for the tourists. BaChua Xu Temple was built in 1820, at the foot of Sam Mountain, Vinh TeCommune, Chau…
From the 18th to the 19th day of the tenth lunar month, Nguyen Trung Truc Temple Festival is annually organized in Long Kien Commune, Cho Moi District, An Giang Province. The temple is dedicated to Nguyen Trung Truc, the leader of an insurrection who rose up against the French in the South. Amongother exploits,…
The three-day Vietnamese traditional martial arts festival in central Binh Dinh Province, father land of the “Viet Vo Dao”, is not only a way to popularize the Viet’s martial arts, but also a reflection of its prestige in the world. Vietnamesetraditional martial arts have been learnt in 100 countries andterritories by hundreds of thousands of…
Westerners have Mothers’ Day to be proud of, the Vietnamese treasure their seventh full moon of lunar calendar ("Mua Vu Lan") as a time to express filial piety to their parents, especially their gratefulness and appreciation to their mother. Annually, Vietnamese children honor their parents and try to help the lost souls of their ancestors…
Dong Da Festival, Vietnam festivals: Dong Da hillock festival takes place annually on the 5th of Lunar New Year. This is a victorious festival, organized in memory of the King Quang Trung's great merit - the hero in national history of anti - invaders. Two centuries ago, Dong Da was a battlefield where Quang Trung…
Yesterday kicked off Phan Thiet's 3-day Nghinh Ong - Quang Thanh Festival. The festival combines the local fisherman's whale worship religion with Chinese Taoism and Vietnamese Buddhist practices into one of Vietnam's most spectacular spectacles. The festival only occurs once every two years (alternating with the Cau Ngu Festival, devoted to whale worship). The Nghinh…
Cau Ngu festival in Vietnam, which is also called Whale festival, is the biggest festival of the fishermen in Da Nang Province in Vietnam. Objects of worship: Truong Thieu (Quy Cong - the founder of the practice of fishing) Time: The 12th day of the first lunar month. Destination: Thai Duong Ha, Thuan An Town,…
The Phu Day Site, in Vu Ban District, is the location of the built of Goddess Lieu Hanh, one of the four Vietnamese immortals, according to the popular tradition. Objects of worship: Holy Mother - Goddess Lieu Hanh Time: the 8th day of the third lunar month.Destination: Phu Day Temple, Vu Ban District, Nam Dinh…
Thousands of people annually gathered at the stadium of Do Son Town, Hai Phong City to witness the attractive performances of buffalos within the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival, an outstanding and unique festival one in Vietnam which is associated with different legends. Objects of worship: Water Genie.Time: the 9th day of the eighth lunar…
November is quite a month of festivities for the Vietnamese people and the Kate Festival, Vietnam is one of the major festivals in Vietnam that is held during this time. In fact, the Kate Festival is the biggest of the festivals in the Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces of south Vietnam. Objects of worship:…
