Mysterious festival of Dao people

Mysterious festival of Dao people

Besides the fire-fighting ceremony, the Dao ethnic group in Hoang Su Phi district (Ha Giang) also has a strange customs is worshiping the Ban Vuong.

Dao ethnic people have many customs bearing bold spiritual mark. Among them, there are rituals of Ban Vuong - the ancestors of the Dao family. They are: Ban, Trieu, Dang, Phuong, Ly, Le, Phung, Truc, Tran, Truong, Hoang and Sam.

On the last day of September 29, the authorities and people of Ho Thau commune, Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province organized the ceremony of worshiping the Lord of the Dao ethnic group.

The worshiping altar of "Tam thanh" - 3 gods in the Dao beliefs governed in three places is Ngoc thanh (god governed in heaven), Thuong thanh (god of governance) and Thai thanh (god of governance Hell).




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According to legend, although the king, but Ban Vuong still kept the habit of simple, closed to nature. He always advised the children to work hard production. At one point, Pan Wang and his entourage went up to the mountains to hunt, chase after a chameleon wounded, unfortunately painted chamois, he fell into the woods and lost there. The Buddha's body was caught in the tree, and the children cut down the tree for the body of the drum, chasing the serpent to make the sacrificial skin to burn the table. From that. Every year in the second lunar year, the Dao descendants from one life to another must remember the day of the death of the Buddha, expressing gratitude to the ancestors who gave birth to them.

The villagers prepared their offerings, waiting for the good times to be brought to Ban Vuong.

The teachers began to change the dress, helping each other prepare the hat.

Portrait of one of the six worshipers of the ceremony.

Mr. Trieu Choi Quyen, the worshiper in the commune, said: "The worshipers will sing songs for worship, thanks to the gods, welcome to welcome the table of the United Kingdom to receive the gifts of descendants.

After each vows in the Dao, the worshipers and the people of the village bowed to the King.

The bells and turtles dance ... in turn were made by the priests after the invitation to recreate the history of Ban Vuong as old as the physique, the hunter gathering. This is according to the worshipers just to express the will, the survival power of the ancients, and to remind the descendants of today hard-working, hard-working as his father before.

Following the ritual is a game with a baseball game, which allows all those present at the ceremony, including the tourists. 

According to Quyen, tibia is a folk game that expresses the power, the ingenious combination, the mystery of both the bearer and the object. After he made blessings thanks to god help, though many people join but can not push the baseball touch the ground. This shows that the village was supported by the gods.

People come to celebrate and participate in the festival.