Besides the tourist attractions or delicious food, participating in festivals in Dong Nai is also a great way for you to know more about the unique people and culture here.
The festivals in Dong Nai are most famous
1. Ky Yen festival
One of the most famous traditional festivals in Dong Nai is the Ky Yen festival, also known as the Vía God festival, which is the blessing of God for the good weather, good crops, good harvest and peace of the homeland. vase, happiness.
Ky Yen Festival is usually held once every 3 years in the spring or autumn at some village communal houses worshiping people with meritorious services to the village of Bien Hoa city such as: Binh Kinh temple worships Nguyen Huu Canh, Tam communal Hiep worships the hero against the French Doan Van Cu, the My Khanh communal house worships the famous general Nguyen Tri Phuong or the Tan Lan family worships Duc Ong Tran Thuong Xuyen …
The festival is usually held at the communal house
This festival in Dong Nai is usually divided into two main parts: ceremony and festival. The ceremony is carried out strictly sequentially: from Gohan, The First Youth Union, the First Gentile Sacrifice to Kindness, then Thinh Sac, Tinh Sinh, Islam and Tong On … enough.
Coming to the festival, it is more exciting and bustling, people can freely sing and dance or participate in their favorite activities such as: Don ca tai tu, tuong singing, tuong singing, lion dance, boat racing, martial arts. , rushing or walking on stilts… Or simply standing in response and cheering in that noisy atmosphere, was extremely happy and happy already.
Meeting program with many special performances (Photo @bwfutures)
2. Sa-yang-va festival
Sa-yang-va festival is a traditional festival of Chau Ro people, usually takes place in March of lunar calendar in Ruong Lon hamlet, Bao Vinh commune, Long Khanh town, Dong Nai province. This is the time when the rice crop has been harvested and is about to be pruned, so it is also called the new rice celebration.
Because it is a very important festival in Dong Nai , a month before the holiday, people eagerly prepare offerings such as: building bamboo trees, cooking wine (Quang wine) – fermented water. Light milky white and smelling fresh leaves, making worship cakes (thick cakes, sticky rice cakes, lam rice …) and fitting Yang altar to worship …
During the Sayangva festival, people will place on the altar an offering tray including: chicken, pork, cake, wine … After that, Ms. Bup, Master Chang or the head of the family, the lineage will read a request to Yang and him. The ancestor returned to her sincere affirmation, then vowed to pay the ceremony last season and prayed that the new crop would be more blessed. Meanwhile, the owner of the family wears a basket to the field to perform the ritual of “procession of rice soul” with 2 sugarcane, 2 young dragon fruit trees and multi-grain rice flowers to bring to the rice warehouse to worship.
The women return home from the procession
The special feature of this festival in Dong Nai is that the ceremony will take place in the bustling atmosphere of the sound of gongs beat to the rhythm of the rhythm of the gongs, sometimes bruising, and sometimes the sound of rice trumpets and bamboo flocks. Because Chau Ro people think that then, the Yang and his ancestors can happily attend the ceremony and witness.
The ceremony is already bustling like that, the festival of Sa-yang-va certainly cannot be less than that. At this time, people will gather together to sing, dance traditional dances by the fire, play interesting folk games and enjoy delicious delicious dishes until midnight. .
Exciting dance and singing repertoire
3. The Lazarus Festival
Festivals in Dong Nai are mainly festivals of ethnic minorities, including Loh-yang-tu – traditional festival of the Koho. It is also a new rice celebration, which also takes place after the crop has been harvested, but the Koho celebrate it more generously than the Chau Ro.
Typically, their offerings to Yang are usually pigs, chickens, ducks, goats, canines, banh chung, thick cake, flat rice cake and red taro. The altar is also delicately and elaborately decorated with cotton plants, bamboo cotton is covered with animal blood placed on top of the offering, and at the same time uses two strings attached only white cotton connecting the altar to the wine jar. Gods could easily use the sacrifices.
Unique Lazarus Feast
In addition, this famous festival in Dong Nai also has another point that they will worship at the rice warehouse first and then move into the house. When the festival is held, besides the vibrant singing dances, everyone will talk together, tell stories and get acquainted … so that they can show the traditional beauty of their people around.
4. Ceremony to worship her
The ceremony to worship her is a festival in Dong Nai that has existed for a long time. The special feature of this festival is that it does not have a fixed day, but each shrine will be held on a day depending on your wife, some places worship every year, and some places to worship once every 2 or 3 years.
Here she is the goddess or the female generals believing in the people such as: Lady Ngu Hanh, Lady God, Lady Thien Hau, Princess Lieu Hanh, Princess Thuy Long, Lady of the Land, God The Fairy Lady or the Holy Son Linh Son … Since Lady Ba is often receptive to the sound, the worshiping ceremony is usually held at night and can be worshiped at many places, not necessarily in the communal house or the shrine. . 
The worshiping ceremony was bustling
The offering is also quite simple, depending on the ability to perform, it can be full of: roasted pig, boiled pig, sticky rice, cake, incense lamp … can be simply tea, sticky rice, chicken, duck … testimony, as long as there is loyalty. However, this is a shrine to the goddess, so the altar needs to be brightly decorated, with splendor and curtains.
The most impressive feature of this festival in Dong Nai is the combined performances with: Opening Ceremony, Inviting the Patriarch – inviting to, Chet Dia – Nang, Singing free ball, dancing ball and performing various tricks … because They are not only ceremonial but also entertaining, making the festive atmosphere more cheerful.
5. Ta Tai Phan Festival
One of the great festivals in Dong Nai that is very important is the Ta Tai Phan (Dai Phan Ceremony) of the Ho ethnic community (also known as the Chinese) that usually takes place in December every year with many rituals. fusion of many beliefs, typically Taoism, to pray for peace and ordain the priests of the Tai San Xi levels.
In addition to the rituals of praying for peace, praying for super prayers, and performing theater or singing, fighting the holy sign and the water of the God, the part of the magician climbing the knife ladder and passing the embers are considered the most impressive rituals in the ceremony. Ta Tai Judge Association. Because this is the time when everyone will come together to see a lot of people to pray for blessings and peace for themselves and their families.
Procession part in the ceremony of Ta Tai Phan
Moreover, this is also a festival for those who travel far away can gather together, talk to each other, thereby tighten their love. So, if you have a chance to travel to Dong Nai, you should not miss it.
It can be said that the festival in Dong Nai is not simply a place where people can pray, express gratitude, but also connect and connect everyone’s feelings together, thereby loving and sharing. together more.
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