Festivals in Dien Bien

Dien Bien

Ban Flower Festival of the Thai
Time: The second lunar month
Place: Mountainous of North-west, Dien Bien Province
Characteristics: Praying for good crop and happiness.     
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Hoang Cong Chat Temple Festival
Time: 24th to 25th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Noong Nhai Hamlet, Noong Het Commune, Dien Bien District, Dien Bien Province.
Objects of worship: Hoang Cong Chat - leader of a peasant's movement in the 18th century.
Characteristics: Palanquin procession, incense offering; Folk games: Pick up the fairy peaches, co phat (a kind of board games) playing, pole pushing, crossbow contest...      
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Worshiping Ceremony at villages of the Cong
Time: In third lunar month.
Place: Mountainous villages of the Cong, Dien BienProvince.
Characteristics: During the days of worshiping ceremony, all the entrances of the village  are placed with gates and taboo signals that forbid strangers entering the village. And then each family celebrates the worshiping ceremony at their terrace field praying for plentiful crops, insect and birds not to harm the crops.      
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