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Time: 7th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Phu My Village(My Dinh Commune), Kieu Mai Village(Phu Dien Commune), Tu Liem District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Ly Nam De, Ly Phat Tu, A La Nang De, Bach Hac tam giang.
Characteristics: xoi tree (steamed glutinous rice) contest (press xoi in a shape tree).
Time: 14th day of the eighth lunar month.
Place: Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Nguyen Kieu - Saint Tang.
Characteristics: Procession of Saint Tang.
Time: Spring ends and beginning of summer.
Place: Duc Tu Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.
Characteristics: Pigeons releasing contest.
Duc Tu Village opens pigeons releasing festival every year in the spring. In the festival, there are tens of pigeon flocks of the villagers and players in the region come here to compete the prize. The first prize is the red brocade flag embroidered 6 yellow words: “nghia dieu quan anh de nhat”. The player who wins the prize is not only famous, but his pigeons flock is also very expensive. To have a flock of 8 to 10 pigeons, the players have to choose from 30 to 40 pigeons, select purebred pigeons, and feed them carefully when they are newly hatched. The players have to be the patient people and have a passion for it. Pigeons releasing Festival has been an elegant interesting for long time.
Time: The 3rd day of the third lunar month.
Place: Quan Thanh Temple, Quan Thanh Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Great Saint Huyen Thien Tran Vu - the god defends the North.
Characteristics: Dream praying and praying for good luck.
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