Long Tong festival of Tay ethnic people in northern mountainous Tuyen Quang province
Monday, 30/01/2023 16:45 (GMT+7)
The Long Tong (going to the field) Festival has taken place in Chiem Hoa district of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual festival is held on the eigth day of the fist lunar month as a religious ritual dedicated to the god of agriculture to win his blessing for verdant crops and prosperity for villagers throughout the year. It consists of an offering ritual, a ploughing ceremony and folk games.
Long Tong is the most typical festival of the Tay, an ethnic minority group living in the northern mountain region with a population of over 1.6 million.
The festival was recoginized as national intangible cultural heritage in 2013.
Following are several photos about the festival:
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| The ritual of plowing the fields at the Festival |
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| Ritual procession of 9 Tong trays. |
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| Leaders of Chiem Hoa district, Tuyen Quang province beat the drum to open the festival. |
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| Delegates participated in the festival at the festival. (Source: NDO) |
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