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Ba Tam Temple Festival
Time: The 19th to the 22nd day of the
second lunar month and the 25th day of the seventh lunar month. The main
festival day is on the 19th day of the second lunar month. The festival is held
in large-scale every 5-year.
Place: Duong Da Hamlet, Duong Xa Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Imperial concubine Y Lan.
Characteristics: Custom of “Phat co tong” (raising the flag of the
canton).
The temple festival is held on the 19th day of the second lunar month and the
25th day of the seventh lunar month (it is said that this is the anniversary of
her death). The festival involves water procession, worshipping ceremony,
incense offering. The offerings are only vegetarian food. Especially, there is
custom of raising the flag of the canton in order to dispel dull cloud to make
clear sky. Games in the festival: human chess playing, cock fighting, wrestling,
cheo, tuong singing.
Source: VNAT |
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