Festivals in Khanh Hoa
Ca Ong Worshipping Festival (Cau Ngu Festival)
Time: The 15th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Place: Some fishing villages in Khanh Hoa Province.
Objects of worship: Ca Ong.
Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, procession of torch, horn playing by a team of women, drum beating by a team of men, the first incense burning by a boy, boi singing, ba trao singing.
Thap Ba – Po Nagar Festival
Time: 20th to the 23rd day of the third lunar month.
Place: Vinh Phuoc Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.
Objects of worship: The Goddess of the Region (the Cham).
Characteristics: Rites: washing statue and clothes changing, offering dance to Goddess, ghe racing, boi singing at night.
