Bustling opening of Hang Bua festival in 2025
On February 18 (January 21 of the lunar calendar), the 2025 Hang Bua Festival was held at the commune level.
Attending the opening ceremony, on behalf of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Bui Cong Vinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of the province; Cao Van Xich - Director of the Cultural Center of Nghe An province; Tran Thi Kim Phuong - Head of the Monument Management Board of Nghe An province.
On the side of Quy Chau district, there were district leaders, representatives of agencies and units in the district, along with a large number of people and tourists from all over.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the leader of the Commune People's Committee emphasized: "Hang Bua Festival is a traditional festival.has become the pride of many generations, a place to express the feelings of people inside and outside the locality. Hang Bua Festival has a strong vitality in the flow of cultural origin.

Bua Cave is not only a scenic relic endowed by nature with its pristine beauty but also associated with the history of being the place where the insurgent army of Doc Binh Lang Van Thiet fought against the French colonialists. In 1937, King Bao Dai - the last king of the Nguyen Dynasty - came here to visit and admire the mysterious beauty of Bua Cave.
Hang Bua Festival has unique features containing traditional folk cultural elements of the Thai ethnic group, and is a gathering place to preserve traditional cultural features imbued with national identity.


The festival consists of two parts. In the ceremony, the shaman and dignitaries perform the ceremony at Muong Chieng Ngam Temple with offerings prepared by the organizing committee and 7 villages and hamlets from local products. The offerings are presented to commemorate the merits of the three village tutelary gods, Xieu Bo, Xieu Ke and Xieu Luong, who are the gods who founded the village.

Then there is the festival with traditional sports competitions such as: crossbow shooting, stilt walking, tom mach le, throwing con, tug of war. On the evening of February 18, there will be a mass art competition night in the communes of Chau Tien, Chau Thang, Chau Binh.