Cao Temple Festival Time: 22nd day to the 24th day of the first lunar month. Place: An Lac Commune, Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province Objects of worship: The village’s tutelary god and 5 brothers and sisters of family name of Vuong who help Le Dai Hanh against Song invaders: Vuong Duc Minh, Vuong Duc [...]

An Lu Temple Festival Time: The 11th day of the eleventh lunar month. Place: An Lu Commune, Thuy Nguyen District, Haiphong City. Objects of worship: Tran Hung Dao, An sinh vuong Tran Lieu (the father of Tran Hung Dao), Tue Tinh (famous physician). Characteristics: Worshipping, incense-offering ceremony, swinging, dum singing, cock fighting, Chinese chess. Do [...]

Tap Minh Hamlet Festival Time: The 13th day of the tenth lunar month. Place: Tap Minh Hamlet, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province. Objects of worship: Village’s tutelary god – Ngo Son Dai Vuong (in the reign of Hung Due Vuong) who had merit of fighting Thuc troops. Characteristics: Offerings are black pig, steamed glutinous [...]

Long Tong Festival Time: 10th day of the first lunar month. Place: Nam Mau Commune, Ba Be District, Bac Kan Province. Characteristics: Spring festival annual of the ethnic minorities usually arranged near Ba Be Lake, attracts many people. The typical folk games for spring festival of the ethnic minorities of North-East mountainous area: sticks pushing, [...]

Duom Temple Festival Time: 6th day of the first lunar month. Place: Dong Dat Commune, Phu Luong District, Thai Nguyen Province. Objects of worship: Worship to Duong Tu Minh, who has the merit of fighting Song aggressors during Ly Dynasty. Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, offer big feast, worshipping gods singing, giao duyen singing.

Bac Le Temple Festival Time: The 20th day of the ninth lunar month. Place: Tan Thanh Commune, Huu Lung District, Lang Son Province. Objects of worship: Ba Chua Thuong Ngan (goddess of mountain), co (girls), cau (boys). Characteristics: Procession of co Bo Bac Le from Keng Temple to Bac Le Temple (co Bo goes to [...]

Ba Chua Kho Temple Festival Time: 14th day of the first lunar month. Place: Co Me Village, Vu Ninh Commune, Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh Province. Objects of worship: Ba Chua Kho (The Queen of Stock), four gods: Thien phu, Dia phu, Thuy phu, and Nhac phu. Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, custom of borrowing money [...]

Bo Pagoda Festival Time: the 28th day of the second lunar month. Place: Thuong Lan Commune, Viet Yen District, Bac Giang Province. Objects of worship: The ancestral bonze, who had merit of building the pagoda. Characteristics: Commemorating the anniversary of the ancestral bonze’s death. Canh Bau Pagoda Festival Time: 8th day of the eleventh lunar [...]

Cam Muong Festival Time: From the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 5th day of the first lunar month. Place: Lai Chau. Characteristics: The spring festival days of the Laos in Lai Chau. People pray the gods of rivers and mountains, the ancestors’ support for earning one’s living easily. Sorcerer makes offerings, [...]

Bach Luu Festival Time: The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Place: Bach Luu Commune, Song Lo District, Vinh Phuc Province. Objects of worship: La Cong Lo – the General who had merit of fighting Trieu Van Vuong troops. Characteristics: Sacrifice – offering ceremony, buffalo fighting. Bo Sao Village Festival Time: From the 15th [...]