Explore the cultural beauty in festivals in Quang Binh

Quang Binh is a beautiful land with a variety of stunning sites, delicious foods, and interesting cultural festivals. Visiting Quang Binh with Vietnam tour operators, you should join in these festivals to explore the cultural beauty of these ceremonies and experience the spiritual life of the local people. Today’s travel review of helloVietnam tour operators will suggest you some interesting festival you should join in when visiting Quang Binh.

Cau Ngu Festival

“Cau Ngu” is a traditional festival related to career beliefs of people in the coastal region in this province, such as Bao Ninh, Canh Duong, Ly Hoa. They celebrate this special cultural event at the different scale and in a different time. This is a big sacrifice in the village scale. It plays the most important part in the religious life of the local residential community.

The origin of this festival is from the custom of worshiping the Whale, also called Big Fish, of the fishing men in this coastal province. Every year, these fishing villages held the worshiping ceremony every lunar 15th of April. They make the offerings to the Fish God to win his support for the good weather, good health, getting out of danger, bumper harvest, etc. This festival is also an occasion for villagers and tourists to play, sing, dance, compete in traditional games, and show off their cleverness. This is a must-try thing to do you shouldn’t miss in your trip to Quang Binh with Vietnam local tour operators.

Bai Choi Festival

Bai Choi Festival takes place in three days of Tet holiday and lasts until the middle of the lunar January. This traditional festival is held in many regions in Quang Binh, including Dong Hoi, Le Thuy, Quang Trach, etc. This is a traditional leisure activity held at a large scale and attracts a lot of participants. This activity is usually held in the center of the village, commune, on the yard of the communal house, or a large ground.

The participants gather on the ground, around the watch-towers to enjoy music and dance performances or cultural activities. The main character will disguise the General, and other characters will disguise the soldiers. The wrestling and peg-top robbing festivals in Quang Long commune, Quang Trach district express the sporting spirit of Vietnamese people. Visiting Quang Binh with the best Vietnam tour operators, you should join and explore this cultural beauty of this land.

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Mid-January Festival

The Mid-January festival in Phap Ke village, Quang Phuong commune, Quang Trach district is also a traditional festival you should join in your Quang Binh trip with Vietnam tour operators. In that day, the descendants living apart will come back home to gather with their parents, brothers, sisters, and relatives to prepare for the first offering to the deities in a year. As usual, they will make offerings to the Land God of the village where they live, the tutelary god of their village to win his support for good weather, bumper crops, good study result of children and so on.

Beating Drum Festival

The Beating Drum festival of the Ma-Coong ethnic people in Thuong Trach commune, Bo Trach district is one of the most unique and impressive cultural events of the ethnic minorities in Quang Binh province, which is still preserved up to now. This festival is held to wish for bumper crops, good health. In this festival, people beg the “Ma mot” and “Giang” to support the peaceful life of the villagers. The festival also expresses the religion of fertility of Vietnamese people and expects for the Yin – Yang harmony in daily life.

Additionally, the festival “Tria Lua lap lo” of the Bru-Van Kieu ethnic people in Truong Son commune, Quang Ninh district is also the festival to wish for the bumper crop. These cultural festivals have great cultural and religious values of people in Quang Binh. They show the plentiful and beautiful spiritual life of the local people and their great belief in Gods, who have big natural power and support them in life.

These are the most interesting cultural festivals that you should participate in when visiting Quang Binh. These festivals contribute to the precious museum of Vietnamese culture, which express the beautiful cultural and religious life of these ethnic people communities.