Festivals in Binh Dinh

Festivals in Binh Dinh

Do Gian Festival
Time: The 15th day of the seventh lunar month. 
Place: An Thai Village, An Nhon District, Binh Dinh Province. 
Objects of worship: Ba (a goddess of the sea). 
Characteristics: Praying for good weather, happiness and wealth for villagers; sacrifice-offering ceremony, singing, souls-of-the-dead worshiping and do gian (an old custom of the local people in which the offering is roast pork. When the sacrifice-offering ceremony finishes, roast pork is thrown down from trellis).      

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Dong Da Festival (Binh Dinh)
Time: 5th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Phu Phong small town, Tay Son District, BinhDinh Province.
Objects of worship: Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) and leaders of Tay Son movement.
Characteristics: Drumming competition (Tay Son fighting drum), perform imitative battle, martial art: playing with fighting sticks danh con, di quyen (a Vietnamese form of Kung Fu, a system of unarmed combat using the hands and feet as weapons).      

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Spring Festival of Go Market
Time: 1st day of the first lunar month.
Place: Phong Thanh Hamlet, Tuy Phuoc Townlet, Tuy Phuoc District, Binh Dinh Province.
Characteristics: Spring Festival: Buying, selling and entertainment.      

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Thi Tu Village Festival
Time: the 12th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Dao Family's House of worship,Dap Da Town, An Nhon, Binh Dinh Province.
Objects of worship: Dao Gia Tuong, the founder of forge farming tool
Characteristics: Worshipping the founder of the forge and singing.     

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