The festival is associated with the legend of Holy Mother Lieu Hanh, one of the four immortal deities of Vietnamese mythology, and the chau van ceremonial singing and hau dong medium rituals.

A performance at the opening ceremony of the Phu Day Festival.

Since the Vietnamese worship of mother goddesses was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humankind, Phu Day Temple has become an attractive tourist site for both domestic and foreign visitors.

Every year, thousands of pilgrims flock to Phu Day to practise rituals of the mother goddess religion and admire the unique architecture of the temple complex.

As part of the Phu Day Festival, which lasts until April 12, a wide variety of activities will be held, such as a chau van singing contest, a procession of mother goddesses from Van Cat Palace to Linh Son Temple, a torch procession at Tien Huong Palace, human chess, and so on.

Rivers to tell stories at Da Nang Fireworks Festival

Teams from Russia, Brazil, Belgium, Finland, England, China, Italy and Vietnam will perform at the 2019 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival on the Han River from June 1 to July 7.

 

Vietnamese entry wins two awards at UK short film festival

Vietnamese film “Infill & Full Set” won two awards at the Oxford International Short Film Festival in the U.K. 

 

Japanese cherry blossom festival opens in Hanoi

Some 20,000 cherry blossom branches and 100 cherry trees of Japan, along with hundreds of local flowers are showing off their beauty in Hanoi during a festival that kicked off on March 29 night. 

 

Hanoi hosts Latin dance festival

An international festival dedicated to Latin dances will begin on March 28 and last until the end of this month.

 

Vietnamese culture introduced at Francophone Festival in France

Vietnamese folk music, handicrafts and traditional Ao dai (long dress) have been introduced in the Francophone Festival that took place in Yèbles commune, Seine et Marne province of France on March 23-24.

 

Source: NDO