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Cultural Festivals and Travels

Ba Gia Village Festival

Time: 9th to the 11th day of the first lunar month.

Place: Phu Gia Communal House, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Royal Highest Trang Muc, a general of Saint Dong, Queen of silkworm Quynh Hoa.

Characteristics: Water procession, a dao singing.

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 offerring. The offerrings are only vegetarian food. Especially, there is custom of raising the flag of the canton in oder to dispel dull cloud to make clear sky. Games in the festival: human chess playing, cock fighting, wrestling, cheo, tuong singing.

Ba Tia Communal House Festival

Time: the 8th to the 10th day of the second lunar month.

Place: Vinh Ninh Hamlet, Vinh Quynh Commune, Thanh Tri District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Truong Tu Nuong, General under Hai Ba Trung.

Characteristics: Contests of wrestling, chess, smash pots and pans while going on the bridge.

Bac Bien Village Festival

Time: 6th day of the third lunar month.

Place: Ngoc Thuy Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Ly Thuong Kiet, Hai Ba Trung, Dao Ky.

Characteristics: Palanquin procession of the relationship between neighbouring villages, carp releasing.