Buffalo offering ceremony at Choong temple festival
•July 18, 2016 22:33
(Baonghean.vn) - This year's procession and buffalo surrender ceremony are considered a new cultural feature in the Choong Temple Festival, attracting a large number of people and visitors from all over the country to participate.
Before the buffalo offering ceremony, there is a procession of the sacred cross.
A large number of people and tourists from all over followed the procession.
At the wharf near the temple, the group performed a cleansing and bathing ceremony.
The cleansing bath is carefully prepared with scented water infused with fresh flowers.
The buffalo offering ceremony is to offer sacred animals to the gods according to traditional beliefs and concepts, with the purpose of praying for the gods to protect and bless hundreds of families and people.
The buffalo chosen for the ceremony must be a healthy, fat male buffalo. The locals believe that this is a respectful thing, adding solemnity and sacredness and bringing luck to the villagers throughout the year. At the Choong Temple festival, there is no buffalo slaughter like some other festivals.
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