Sapa in Vietnam: travel guide book from A to Z (part 3)

Sapa in Vietnam: travel guide book from A to Z (part 3): Festivals in Sapa

Coming to Sapa at end of the year, you have the opportunity to participate in unique festivals of the Sapa peopole. Each festival is characterized by the culture of each ethnic minority, strange and extremely interesting.

1. ROONG POOC FESTIVAL OF GIAY PEOPLE

Every year on the lunar month of the lunar calendar, the Giay people in Ta Van (Sapa district) again open the Roong Pooc festival, the prosperous, prosperous, windy. It is still traditional ethnic festival of Giay Ta Van, but many years have spread, became the festival of the entire Muong Hoa valley. In addition to the unique rituals, there are games, dancing and gong orchestra performances.

 

The bustling scene of the festival. Picture: tainguyenmoitruong

2. NAO CONG FESTIVAL

Every year on the Dragon day, the sixth lunar month, the Mong people, the Dao, the Giay Muong Hoa are focused on the shrine worship at Ta Van ceremony "No Cong". Each family appoints a representative, regardless of male, female, old, young. Ceremony "No Cong" wishes the gods bless the prosperous, bumper harvests. In addition, during the festival, the head will announce the general conventions and end with a fun meal.

3. TET NHAY FESTIVAL

Tet Nhay is an important and well-prepared festival of Dao Ta Van people, usually held on the first or second lunar year. The main content of the ceremony is the wish to "be happy", "Drink the water". The ritual activities during the Tet holiday are extremely unique with 14 dances of some selected young men, or unique rituals performed by the priest.


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4. NHAN SONG & NAO SONG FESTIVAL

This is the festival of the Red Ta Dzong village (Ta Van - Sapa) meaning high education with villagers, prevention of deforestation. At present, only one forest is destroyed much, buffalo horses freed the dragon flower garden, the new Dao held the ceremony "Nhong Cong". At the ceremony, the "head of the mats" - the head of the forest guardians appointed by the villagers stood up to announce the law to prevent deforestation, punish those who violate. After the villagers have finished discussing the projection, they will compile into a convention, each of them voluntarily obey.

The Mong people in Si Miu, at the Ta Van Village as well as Lao Chai, Vau Thao, previously held a similar festival called "Noon", the day is usually the Dragon day of January. The content of the convention of "Noon" has expanded the scope of adjustment than the Dao village. In addition to the protection of forests, against the free grazing of cattle, the convention also deals with the problems of theft prevention, crop protection, mutual assistance for each other.

5. QUET LANG FESTIVAL OF XA PHO PEOPLE

Every year, the Xa Pho people organize a sweep of the village on the day, the day of smell or the human day in the lunar month, with the purpose of making the new year peaceful, lush and livestock free from sickness. death. During the village sweepstakes, each pig, chicken, goat, dog, rice ... to do the ghost, the teacher worshiping, the villagers painted face dance in peace. At the end of the ceremony, everyone had fun eating together. All the ghost food must be eaten in the village.

6. GAU TAO FESTIVAL OF HMONG PEOPLE

The festival opens for one of two aims of blessedness or fate. Some family does not have children, children or give birth to a surface, will be celebrated thanks to the fortune-teller to open the Congo Assembly to pray for children - it is a blessing. Another homeowner if sick often sick, weak children, even children die, crops, pets gradually, thanks to the soothsayer to open the Congo Assembly - that is the meeting of the par. Festivals are also often held on the occasion of the year.

 

The scene takes place at the festival of Cao Cao. Photo: laocai.gov

7. XUONG DONG FESTIVAL IN SAPA - LAO CAI

The festival in the early spring of the ethnic minority Tay, Dao Ban Ho - Sapa (Lao Cai) opened the morning of the 8th annual Tet. The ceremony begins with the procession of the land, the procession of water and then the worship of spirits. The festival begins with dances and folk dramas of the Tay, Dao people.

But most prominently, the most fun, many participants are the bat, when the trumpet sound of the Tay girls open the bat with the graceful movements, inviting people to participate in the bat. Going on in the trumpet, the drum drum. When the show ends everyone pours to the game room. The games here are mostly folk games such as throwing, stamping, tugging, spinning, polishing, blindfolded goat, climbing fat ...

 

Festival down in the mountain cloud Sa Pa. Photo: dinhhaphoto.blogspot.com