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Procession of the Princess
  • Manage No PI00006224
    Country Vietnam
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
Description Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ Phú Thọ - a midland province in northern Vietnam, is about 100 kilometres northwest of Hanoi where the sacred mountain Nghĩa Lĩnh also known as mountain Hùng exists. On Nghĩa Lĩnh mountain, there are Lower (Hạ), Middle (Trung) and Upper (Thượng) temples together with legends about 18 Hùng Kings of the Vietnamese people. Around Nghĩa Lĩnh mountain, there are hundreds of temples, communal houses and shrines located in villages and communes, which forms a religious space to worship Hùng Kings.
Place File Size 5MB
Definition 4368 x 2912 File Format jpg
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Vietnam National Institute Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS)
http://vicas.org.vn