Did you know that there are famous and attractive Festivals in Ninh Thuan? Along with Compass Vietnam Travel, explore the following 3 festivals, traveling on this occasion is happy to know!
3 Festivals in Ninh Thuan must definitely visit
The festival is part of the local culture. Contributing to promoting the Ninh Thuan country, these festivals in Ninh Thuan are also typical symbols of Ninh Thuan province. 3 special festivals in Ninh Thuan
1. The Ninh Thuan Grape and Wine Festival
The Grape and Vang Festival – Ninh Thuan with many rich festival programs, has contributed to meet the needs of enjoying cultural and spirituality for the people in the province and promote the image of the homeland and people of Ninh Thuan land to with international tourists and people nationwide.Grapes are a typical symbol of Ninh Thuan
More specifically, this festival in Ninh Thuan also brings the Nho and Vang Ninh Thuan brands closer to friends all over the country and abroad, creating a driving force to promote tourism development and economic and social development of local.The Grape and Wine Festival is a big festival in Ninh Thuan
The Grape and Vang festival usually takes place for about 7 days with a series of events, held at many attractive destinations in Ninh Thuan such as Binh Son marine park, Po Klong Garai tower, My Nghiep textile village, pottery village Bau Truc, Mui Dinh sand dune, Thai An – Phuoc Thuan – Xuan Hai vineyard, Vy Hy bay, My Son wine farm …Grape Festival is the way to honor this beauty of Ninh Thuan people
Ninh Thuan Grape and Wine Festival has been held since 2014 to bring a unique tourism product, both honoring Ninh Thuan vines, creating trade opportunities and highlighting the aspirations of overcoming difficulties of the local people. sunny and windy.
2. Cau Dao ceremony (of the Cham people)
- Time: 18/5 lunar calendar, or on occasions that drought threaten
- Location: Poklông Garai Tower and Porôme tower, Ninh Thuan province
- Objects of worship: Than Nong
- Characteristics: The priest and the local people go to the temple to pray for rain, pray to the god to bless the good crops. Sacrificial offerings to the gods with white buffalo.
Cau Dao festival of the Cham people
The Cau Island ceremony is one of the main festivals in the system of festivals in Cham temples in the province; The ceremony took place at 03 temples, towers including: Po Inu Nưgar, Po Klaung Garai and Po Rame in April Cham calendar.
This is the time of hot and dry weather, so the Cham people hold a ceremony to pray for rain, for good crops, healthy people and animals; at the same time, to remind and educate people in the annual dam building and dredging of canals to carry water back to the fields for agricultural production. Festival praying for the rain for crops
The Cau Island ceremony includes the following rituals: Bleaching, burning the Fire God, worshiping God at the temple tower, dam building on the river bank. In particular, the ritual and the main theme is the Fire God-Burning Ceremony, which is the re-creation and miniature of Cham community rituals related to the worship of the god of fire, God of the Sun, God of Agriculture, God of Water … of Agricultural residents do wet rice.
Traveling to Ninh Thuan must definitely join and learn about this unique festival!
3. Katie festival
- Time: July 1 according to the Cham calendar (September 25 – October 5 in solar calendar)
- Location: Po Nagar tower temple (Huu Duc village), Po Klong Garai tower (Do Vinh ward, Cham tower), Po Rome tower (Hau Sanh village), Ninh Thuan province.
- Objects of honor: the male gods: Po Klong Garai, Po Rôme.
- Characteristics: follow the rituals of the Cham people.
Kate Festival – Cham New Year
Katê festival is considered as the reunion festival of the Cham people. Coming to the KaTê festival, we will see the intense vitality of the indigenous Cham culture integrating with Southeast Asian culture. Attendees have the opportunity to not only admire not only ancient temples but also understand more about customs and practices as well as enjoy a rich folk song – dance – music scene.Pray for health and crops for the people
Come back to the villages to see the Cham people prepare to welcome Katê, sacrifices as well as cleaning temples, village houses, stage preparations, and yards … are always assigned and completed by the people before. On the morning of the festival, they do a Katê ceremony at Nha Lang to pray for the god’s blessings for health, good crops… Each village has its own God, similar to a Vietnamese village worshiping Thanh Hoang god.
Have you grasped the huge Festivals in Ninh Thuan ? These festivals show the unique culture of the people here, as well as a way for the Ninh Thuan government to develop local tourism.
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