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:

The ritual of plowing the fields at the Festival

Ritual procession of 9 Tong trays.

Leaders of Chiem Hoa district, Tuyen Quang province beat the drum to open the festival.

Delegates participated in the festival at the festival. (Source: NDO)