Festivals in Ninh Thuan
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.
Kate Festival
Time: From the 1st day of the seventh month according to Cham calendar (equivalent to 25 September to 5 October by solar calendar).
Place: Po Nagar Tower Temple (Huu Duc Hamlet), Po Klong Garai Tower (Do Vinh Ward, Cham Tower), Po Rome Tower (Hau Sanh Hamlet).
Objects of worship: Gods: Po Klong Garai, Po Rome.
Characteristics: Ritual of the Cham people.
