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Cultural Festivals and Travels

Choosing Bridegroom Festival

Time: The 2nd day of the second lunar month.

Place: Duong Yen Village, Xuan Non Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Lady General Le Thi Hoa in Hai Ba Trung Time.

Characteristics: Unique festival, in order to choose a talented and righteous bridegroom for Lady General Le Hoa.

According to the legend, Lady General Le Thi Hoa had taken part in fighting Nam Han aggressors and been conferred as “Nu su anh phong” (heroic and educated woman) by Hai Ba Trung. She returned and set up the village, developed agriculture. In order to commemorate her merit, every year on the 2nd day of the second lunar month, villagers of Duong Yen organise the Choosing Bridegroom Festival with very unique ceremony and traditional games to choose a talented and righteous bridegroom for the Lady General.

The festival opens with the ceremony of returning home to pay thanks to ancestors after achieving academic honours of Lady General Le Hoa. After that, two lads perform unique items in the contest of choosing bridegroom. They have to shows of telling ve, introducing themselves, transplanting rice seedlings, ploughing fields, hooking frogs, catching pigs, “chong cho” (rouse dog to bark loudly).

Co Nhue Festival

Time: the 9th day of the second lunar month.

Place: Co Nhue Commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Dong Chinh vuong (the 5th son of King Le Thai To) who had merit of fighting Ming aggressors, his wife and Princess Ta Minh Hien.

Characteristics: A palanquin procession, reporting ritual to god, boi chess playing, human chess, doi (repartee) singing, cock fighting.

Cong Yen Festival

Time: 13th day of the first lunar month.

Place: Cong Yen Temple, Cong Vi Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Royal Highest Saint Quang Hong.

Characteristics: Worshipping ceremony is carried by men and worshipping ceremony is carried by women, ca tru singing, birds fighting, cocks fighting.

Cot Village Festival

Time: the 12th to the 15th day of the second lunar month.

Place: Cot Communal House, Yen Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Gods: Cao Son, Diem La, Moc Tinh, two gods of the soil (Royal Lady Trinh Thuc and top-ranking General Trang Han anh linh).

Characteristics: A procession of 7 palanquins (five for imperial votive tablets, one for royal honour-conferring diploma and incense serving, one for water jar).