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Trò Ngô Festival of Giàng Villag
The Trò Ngô Festival of Giàng Village is held every two years, on the 10th day of the first lunar month, to review the tradition of fighting foreign invaders, the merits of establishing villages, establishing villages, and protecting the people of the two Supreme Gods Thanh Lãng Cao Diệu Địch Cát and Mr. Vũ Lôi District Duke. About a month before the festival, the people prepare for the organization, assign specific tasks to everyone and must complete them before January 9. Early in the morning of the 10th, the members of the troupe perform the vegetarian ceremony the day before and 8 male soldiers play the role of General Kim Cuong along with many people attend the festival with flags, gongs, drums, trumpets, and cymbals to Son Loc pagoda and Vu Loi District Duke's Temple to perform the ceremony and welcome the Saints to attend the festival. The festival takes place with the rituals of carrying the throne and worshiping the gods. To perform the rituals, the village elects a regular Oan mandarin to be on duty next to the thrones at the Ban Điện to light incense, offer tea, wine, and flowers to the gods. The ceremony leader kneels to perform the ritual, on both sides are 8 sacrificial officials standing in two rows to perform the rituals of offering tea and wine. Sitting behind the sacrificial officials are the first Lenh, the second Lenh, the head of the Huong, and the second Ban of 12 clans. The people in the area and visitors from all over come to offer sacrifices, burn incense, and pray for a happy and lucky new year. After the Ban Tế finishes the rituals, the people participate and enjoy the games, art performances, and unique folk performances such as: The Dậm dance - this is the first performance in the festival. The tribute performance - a performance depicting the scene of the Ngô Dynasty sending a delegation of envoys to the South to pay tribute to ask for peace. The performance of the Scholar - Farmer - Worker - Merchant. Thunder - lightning - rain performance to pray for "good rain, favorable wind and rain for the villagers to do farming and farming". Performance of wet rice farming. Performance of mulberry farming and silkworm raising. In addition to the performances, the community also organizes other folk games and performances such as swinging, Chèo singing. On January 11, 24 flags of 12 clans are lowered. The handover ceremony between the old Cai đám and the new Cai đám takes place with the participation of the old Cai đám, new Cai đám, Lềnh cả, Hương trưởng, Bàn nhì of the 12 clans and the village elders at the festival's gate. After completing the handover, Lềnh cả, Lềnh hai, 24 Hương trưởng, Bàn nhì, monks, trumpet troupes, old and new Cai đám and the young men carry the thrones and trays of offerings from the festival's gate back to Son Loc pagoda and Vu Loi District Duke's Temple. The festival ends with a communal meal at Son Loc pagoda, any family that does not attend will also receive a share of the saint's blessings. The Trò Ngô Festival of Giàng Village recreates the tradition of fighting against foreign invaders, the merit of establishing villages and hamlets, and protecting the lives of the people. The festival demonstrates folk knowledge related to praying for crops, demonstrating the strong relationship among clans, community cohesion, and contributing to educating generations towards the roots of the nation. With its typical value, the Trò Ngô Festival of Giàng Village was included in the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2017.
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A Sào Temple Festival
A Sào Temple Festival takes place every year in two periods: the Spring Festival is held from the 9th to the 11th of the second lunar month; The Autumn Festival is held on the 20th day of the 8th lunar month. The festival is held to commemorate the merits of Hưng Đạo King Trần Quốc Tuấn. The place A Sào is associated with a touching and humane story about Trần Hưng Đạo's feelings for his war elephant bogged down by the Hóa River wharf. This is one of the largest festivals in the region. On the opening day of the festival, the procession takes place from the villages to Tượng wharf and then to A Sào temple. The procession symbolizes the victorious army of Hưng Đạo King Trần Quốc Tuấn returning to A Sào in the bustling sound of drums and gongs, recreating a heroic period in the history of the Vietnamese people. According to ancient rules, all rituals in this festival follow national rituals. The court often sent mandarins to perform rituals and often had round sticky rice cake- a type of cake that people in the area wrapped thousands of pieces as food for the army crossing the Hóa River to fight the enemy in the past. Therefore, round sticky rice cake is a typical offering that people offer to Saint Trần. Two typical performances of the A Sàoo temple festival are earthen firecrackers and word scissors dance. These two performances are the two customs of the festival. The custom of clay cannons is associated with the legend that when King Hưng Đạo's war elephant got bogged down at the riverbank, the villagers threw dirt into the river to give the elephant a place to escape. The Word Scissor Dance is associated with the soldier training ritual of the Tran Dynasty generals, a simplification of the Bat Dat dance - an ancient court dance. These two performances also bear the mark of agricultural beliefs - praying for rain and harvest of wet rice farming residents. Within the framework of the festival, many performing arts and folk games are organized such as Chèo singing, Văn singing, wrestling, swimming, round sticky rice cake pounding competition, etc.
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CHÈO - Vietnamese traditional stage art in Ninh Bình province
The traditional art of Chèo singing in Ninh Bình province has been known for a long time, associated with a legend of the origin of Chèo singing and its creator Lady Phạm Thị Trân. Up to now, more than one hundred ancient Chèo tunes have been preserved in Ninh Bình province. There are 64 clubs of Chèo in Yên Khánh district, most of them have preserved ancient Chèo tunes and also composed new ones the lyrics of which based on ancient tunes to reflect the actual life of the people.
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