Quy Chau is bustling with the festival of going to the fields

(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, February 14, 2013 (the 5th day of Tet), at Toong Ke field (Dong Ke), Dong Minh village, Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau district People's Committee organized the Loong Tong Festival (going to the field).

Although the weather was cold, from early morning, many people and leaders of the district and departments at the district level, leaders of departments at the commune level, along with all the secretaries and village chiefs in the whole Chau Hanh commune eagerly came here to attend. At the festival, each product offered to the Thanh Hoang has a meaning, showing the harmony of heaven and earth, the result of the labor of hard-working, diligent hands, to thank the gods for always protecting and protecting the villagers to have favorable conditions and abundant harvests in production, and a prosperous life. The offerings to the gods were made by Thai women according to traditional customs such as banh chung, banh it without filling and various types of moc made from shrimp, fish... After the incense offering ceremony by the district leaders and the shaman's prayer to the gods, the villagers elected a person to be yoked to a strong buffalo to plow a furrow to start a year of production for farmers.

The shaman performs the ceremony.



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