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Time: 4th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Mai Dong Ward, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Tam Trinh - General of Hai Bà Trung.
Characteristics: Wrestling contest.
Mai Dong Communal House worships to Tam Trinh, a general of Trung Sisters who defeated To Dinh invaders. He is respected as the founder of wrestle. The procession is hold solemnly. Wrestling contests are exciting. The wrestling contest attracts hundreds of wrestlers from other regions such as Bac Ninh, Tu Liem, Thanh Tri... of which are even young wrestlers to take part in.
Time: 10th day of the eleventh lunar month.
Place: Manh Tan Hamlet, Thuy Lam Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Duong Giang, Ly trieu Quoc Mau (mother of the country of Ly Dynasty).
Characteristics: Palanquin procession, sacrifices-offering ceremony, traditional wrestling.
Time: From the 5th to the 14th day of the second lunar month. The main festival day is on the 9th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Saint Huyen Thien Tran Vu.
Characteristics: The festival is held every 5-year. Tug-of-war game.
Time: The 17th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Nam Trang Village, Truc Bach Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: A Di Da Buddha, Ancestor Saint Nguyen Chi Thanh.
Characteristics: Exhibit productions of bronze casting, cock fighting.
The bat cong palanquin procession is carried by 36 young and strong youths, going around the village. In the anniversary of the ancestor's death, people eat steamed glutinous rice, meat of pig's head dipped in salt and bean sprouts sour. The offerings on the anniversary of the death of ancestor are prepared by the 3 families: Nguyen, Tran, and Le which include steamed glutinous rice, gelded cocks, sweet short cake (banh khao - made of roast glutinous rice flour), green bean cake (banh dau).
Ngu Xa Spring Festival also exhibits productions of bronze casting. Casters display these products on the row of tables covered by bright red cloth: dinh, vases, cranes, Buddha statues, tigers, dragons... Besides, villagers even hold cock fighting contest.
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