Festivals in Ho Chi Minh City

Characteristics: The via Ba (her birthday anniversary) ceremony is hold at Thien Hau Pagoda, which is one of the oldest pagodas of the Chinese in Cho Lon. Many Chinese people come to the festival, they make two effigies of Ong Thien (Good God) and Ong Ac (Evil God) with 3m long. At the end of the festival, the effigies are burned for worshipping.

Festivals in Ho Chi Minh City

Ba Thien Hau Pagoda Festival ( Ho Chi Minh City)
Time: The 23rd day of the third lunar month. 
Place: 710 Nguyen Trai Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Lady Thien Hau. 
Characteristics: The via Ba (her birthday anniversary) ceremony is hold at Thien Hau Pagoda, which is one of the oldest pagodas of the Chinese in Cho Lon. Many Chinese people come to the festival, they make two effigies of Ong Thien (Good God) and Ong Ac (Evil God) with 3m long. At the end of the festival, the effigies are burned for worshipping.      

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Ky Yen Festival at Binh Dong Communal House

Time: From the 10th to the 14th day of the second lunar month. 
Place: Ward 7, District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Masters of vocational training in the hamlet. 
Characteristics: Worshiping ceremony of the ancestor of the work and long for peace ceremony.      

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Ky Yen Festival at Phu Nhuan Communal House
Time: From the 16th to the 18th day of the first lunar month. 
Place: 18 Mai Van Ngoc Street, Ward 10, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Buddha, gods, talented and righteous men calledtien hien and hau hien. 
Characteristics: On the first day, it commences with prayers for peace and performances of traditional dance and martial arts, as well as other rites based on southern tradition.      

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Ky Yen Festival at Truong Tho Communal House
Time: the 17th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god, tien hien, hau hien(sages of former time).
Characteristics: The offering must be a living pig. There is no boi (tuong) singing as many other communal houses in the South, because taboo with genies.      

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Le Van Duyet Tomb Festival
Time: From the 30th day of the seventh lunar month to the 1st day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Le Van Duyet Tomb, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Ta quan Le Van Duyet. 
Characteristics: Cau yen ceremony, performance of many people.     

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Ong Bon Pagoda Festival
Time: 15th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Hai Thuong Lan Ong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Ong Bon, Quan Cong, Quan The Am, Ba Chua Sanh.
Characteristics: Incense-offering ceremony.      

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Ong Dia Temple Festival
Time: The 2nd day of the second lunar month. 
Place: 125 Le Loi Street, Ward 3, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Objects of worship: Genie of the earth Phuc Duc Chinh Than and many other popular genies.
Characteristics: Bong roi singing, tuong (classical drama) performance.     

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Ong Pagoda Festival
Time: The 24th day of the sixth lunar month. 
Place: 676 - 678 Nguyen Trai Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Quan Cong and many other Chinese gods. 
Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, statue-washing ceremony, unicorn dance, boi singing.      

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Phan Cong Hon Temple Festival
Time: The 25th day of the second lunar month. 
Place: Ba Diem Commune, Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Phan Cong Hon who led the people of 18 hamlets of Betel Garden in an attack on the residence of District Chief in 1885. 
Characteristics: The death anniversary is held resembling the genie worshipping ceremony.      

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The death anniversary of the founder of jewelry
Time: The 7th to the 9th day of the second lunar month. 
Place: Le Chau Congregation, 586 Tran Hung Dao, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: The founder of jewelry. 
Characteristics: Ancestor's death anniversary.      

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Welcoming the Lord Whale Festival
Time: From the 15th to the 17th day of the eighth lunar month. 
Place: Mausoleum of the Water General, Hung Thanh Hamlet, Can Thanh Commune, Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City. 
Objects of worship: Ong Fish (The Whale). 
Characteristics: The cult of the whale of the fishermen in the coastal areas. Traditional ritual of procession and sacrifice offering.