The post-harvest ritual is held annually by the Co Lao ethnic community in Tung San commune, Hoang Su Phi district to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Families often prepare boiled chicken and pork, and homemade agricultural products such as sticky rice, wine, and fruits as offerings to express gratitude to gods and ancestors.

The Ban Vuong worshipping ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic people in Ha Giang province.

They also pray for a new bumper crop with the favourable weather condition, happiness, and prosperity.

Meanwhile, the worshipping ceremony is the way the Red Dao people in Ho Thau commune, Hoang Su Phi district express their gratitude toward Ban Vuong, the patriarch of the 12 Dao clans.

Taking place between the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month and the 30th day of the last lunar month, the event is also a ceremony praying for prosperity for the community.

With two recently added heritages, Ha Giang now has 27 national intangible cultural heritages, including six observed by very small ethnic minorities such as Bo Y, Lo Lo, Pu Peo, and Co Lao.

‘Ba khia’ salted crab: An intangible cultural heritage of Ca Mau people

‘Ba khia’ (three-striped salted crab) is one of the many specialities of Ca Mau province. The traditional craft of making salted fermented ‘ba khia’ has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Lady Thu Bon Festival recognised as national cultural heritage

The People’s Committee of Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province, held a ceremony on March 14 to receive a certificate honouring the locality’s Lady Thu Bon Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Ha Long Bay, World Natural Heritage

(BGO) – Ha Long Bay is a famous landscapes with thousands of big and small islands which are scattered alongside the Northeast coastal area and create magnificent and vibrant natural picture. Many caves gather together as a mysterious alive and unique world that can be seen nowhere on earth.  Ha Long Bay has been voted by US’s travel magazine Insider as one of the 50 best natural wonders.  

Vietnam’s UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage

Vietnam possesses an array of intangible cultural heritages that have been recognized by UNESCO.

Bac Giang puts cultural heritage management software in use

(BGO) - For nearly five months, the Cultural Heritage Management Software in Bac Giang province has been put in operation at the domain qldsvh.bacgiang.gov.vn.  

Source: NDO