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Rice farmers raise offerings, carry trays, lower sticky rice and receive blessings right at the village temple on the occasion of the Doan Ngo Festival.

Huy Thu • June 10, 2024 15:33

It has become a tradition that every year on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, people in Minh Chau hamlet, Nam Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district (Nghe An) excitedly celebrate the Doan Ngo Festival.

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On the morning of the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, Mr. Phan Cong Lam and his wife in Minh Chau hamlet woke up earlier than usual to prepare the offerings for the Doan Ngo Festival. According to Mr. Lam, his family pays a lot of attention to preparing the offerings, so every task such as rolling sticky rice, choosing banana leaves, steaming sticky rice, making chicken, arranging the offerings... is done carefully by everyone. Photo: Huy Thu
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Chin (Mr. Lam's wife) shared: To celebrate the Doan Ngo Festival in the year of Giap Thin, her family prepared delicious, beautifully designed chickens to make offerings to the ancestors and the village temple. Photo: Huy Thu
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On this occasion, families in Minh Chau hamlet prepare offerings (incense, flowers, candy, votive offerings, and food trays) to celebrate the Doan Ngo Festival. Phan Cong Ha's family cooperates with some households in the hamlet to prepare 4 food trays to worship ancestors and the village temple. Photo: Huy Thu
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Phan Cong Phuc (19 years old), a first-year student at the University of Commerce (Hanoi), returned to his hometown to celebrate the Doan Ngo Festival and shared: I am very happy to return to my hometown to make chicken offerings for the Doan Ngo Festival. I feel proud that my hometown still preserves and conserves beautiful customs. Photo: Huy Thu
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The offerings for the Doan Ngo Festival of the local people are mainly sticky rice and boiled chicken. Some families do not have chicken, so they prepare boiled meat. As for sticky rice, depending on the preferences of each family, it can be white sticky rice, green bean sticky rice, fermented bean curd, purple sticky rice... According to the local people, the offerings for the ancestors and the village god are simple and rustic, but everyone prepares them with all their heart and respect. Photo: Huy Thu
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After carefully preparing the altar and offerings, families in the neighborhood held ancestral worship ceremonies, inviting ancestors and predecessors to enjoy the offerings and celebrate the Doan Ngo Festival with their children and grandchildren. Photo: Huy Thu
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Around 9:30 - 10:00, families will send people carrying trays of offerings to the village temple to worship Than Nong. On the village roads, people go to burn incense, carry offerings, carry offerings on foot, some people carry offerings on motorbikes... very bustling... Photo: Huy Thu
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On the occasion of the Duan Ngo Festival, people in Minh Chau hamlet will put aside their personal work to enjoy the village temple festival. Everyone is happy and excited. Photo: Huy Thu
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These days, the Shennong Temple in the middle of Minh Chau hamlet is decorated and decorated more beautifully. People offer many offerings. On the Shennong altar on the Doan Ngo Festival, there are many things, but two basins of rice and paddy are indispensable. Photo: Huy Thu
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The elders and villagers solemnly held a ceremony to worship the God of Agriculture, praying for the god to bless everyone with good health and a good harvest... Photo: Huy Thu
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After that, everyone gathered around the tables of food to celebrate the festival. The Doan Ngo Festival for the people of Minh Chau hamlet is a joyful and exciting village festival. Mr. Nguyen Doan Minh - Secretary of the Minh Chau hamlet Party Cell, Nam Thanh commune shared: On the Doan Ngo Festival, local people both worship their ancestors and worship the village temple. For decades, people in the hamlet have preserved this custom, considering it a beautiful traditional feature of their homeland. Photo: Huy Thu
Happy Doan Ngo festival in Minh Chau village. Video: Huy Thu

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