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Traditional festivals are unique cultural forms, spiritual products of 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam, passed down from generation to generation. Festival activities as a living museum about customs, customs, unique lifestyles and characteristics of each ethnic group and each locality. This is also an event to remember and express the gratitude of the people to the gods and national heroes who have meritorious contributions to the community and the country. Join Rong Viet travel company to discover the TOP 10 most unique festivals of Vietnam through the article below.

1. Hung Temple Festival

The Hung Kings Temple Festival or Hung Kings Commemoration Day is a traditional ritual held annually on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month at Hung Temple, Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province; to commemorate and express gratitude for the founding merits of the Hung Kings, the first kings of the nation. The worship of Hung Vuong has been inscribed on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (batch 1) by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Before the main annual holiday, the festival takes place with many folklore activities and ends on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month with a procession and offering of incense at the Upper Temple.

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2. Hoi Lim

Hoi Lim is the largest festival in Bac Ninh attracting visitors to visit and celebrate in early spring with special programs, listening to mandarin tunes and many folk games. Not only has the symbolic meaning of the spirit and spiritual culture of the people of Tonkin, the Lim Association also reminds future generations of remembering the merits of their predecessors and educating them to preserve the traditional beauty of the nation.

The festival takes place over 3 days, from January 12 to 14 of the lunar calendar every year, with the most crowded on the main festival day January 13. The Lim Festival takes place in 3 locations: Lim town, Noi Due commune and Lien Bao.

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3. Tran Nam Dinh Temple Association

The Tran Temple Festival is held from the 15th to 20th day of the eighth lunar month every year at the Tran Temple relic in Loc Vuong Ward, Nam Dinh City, Nam Dinh Province to pay tribute to the merits of 14 Tran kings.

Traveling to Nam Dinh to the Tran Temple ruins in the festival tourist season, visitors will admire the unique architectural complex of the Tran Dynasty, and at the same time be immersed in the bustling atmosphere of the Festival. Even years are bigger than odd-numbered years. But without waiting for the association itself, visitors from all over the world flocked to Chen Temple for pilgrimage, wishing for good and prosperity.

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4. Giong Society

Hoi Giong is a large and unique festival commemorating Saint Giong, one of the "immortal" saints of Vietnamese folk beliefs, Hoi Giong is also the most unique festival of Vietnamese people in the Tonkin Delta that has existed through thousands of years of history.

Currently, the Northern Delta has many places to worship Phu Dong Thien King of Saint Giong, but the main association is still in Phu Dong village (Gia Lam, Hanoi) where His Holiness Giong was born and Phu Linh (Soc Son, Hanoi) where Saint Giong incarnate, this unique Giong Association meets the criteria of the intangible cultural heritage representing humanity, preserved by the community, passed down from generation to generation, preserved as part of its cultural identity, containing creations, expressing the aspiration for a prosperous and peaceful life.

Every year, the Orthodox Giong Festival is held on the 8th and 9th day of the 4th lunar month at Phu Dong temple and surrounding areas.

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5. Cage Tong Festival of the Tay people

Cage Tong Festival, also commonly known as the festival of going down to the field, is a festival of the Tay ethnic people, also a gathering of the most typical cultural nuances of ethnic groups such as Nung, Dao, Shanzhi.... It is considered a religious activity to pray to heaven for favorable rain, good trees, good harvests, warm life, where the festival is held in the best and largest fields. There is still no research document, confirming when this 

festival existed. But certainly, the origin of the festival must have been born from the society of the Tay people who lived as villages in the community.

The time of the festival depends on each place to suit the terrain. Localities close to each other can agree to choose different dates to have conditions for exchange and exchange. Every year in Tuyen Quang, the festival is usually held on January 8th.

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6. Ponagar Nha Trang Tower Festival

Nha Trang Ponagar Tower Festival takes place annually from the 20th to 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month, at Ponagar Tower relics, in Vinh Phuoc ward, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

This is a symbol of national unity, contributing to the elements of community cohesion of ethnic groups in the Central Strip. The festival is an activity that contributes to preserving the national cultural identity. Rituals, worship items, traditional costumes, ball dances, ancient plays... Reproduced in the festival has met the creative needs, as well as the needs of the people to enjoy culture.  

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7. Nghinh Ong Can Gio Festival

Every year until the full moon day of the eighth lunar month, in Can Gio district, Nghinh Ong festival takes place. This is a traditional folk festival held to honor "His Excellency the Fish", also known as the Nam Hai General, attracting a large number of people to attend the festival. 

As a long-standing folk practice of fishermen, but because Can Gio is located "close to the armpit" of Saigon, there are many people attending. Nowadays, Can Gio district welcomes a large number of tourists and people around the region to attend the ceremony.

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8. The Temple of the Lady of Mount Sam

For those who like spiritual tourism, they definitely know the Ba Chua Land Temple built at the foot of Sam Mountain, Chau Doc. This is a top spiritual tourist destination in An Giang with beautiful architecture especially at night.

The Temple Festival of the Lady of the Land is held from the night of April 23rd to the end of the 27th day of the 4th lunar calendar every year.  

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9. Ninh Binh Hoa Lu Festival

Hoa Lu Traditional Festival (formerly known as Truong Yen Hall, or Co Lau Festival) is the festival of the year of Ninh Binh province, held at the beginning of the 3rd lunar month every year, is an occasion to commemorate two emperors: Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh.

This is a festival imbued with historical value, started when King Ly Cong Uan moved the capital to Thang Long, with rituals that have existed throughout the nation's history, blending in it a little color of folk legends.

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10. Perfume Pagoda Association

One of the most anticipated January festivals in the North is the Huong Pagoda Festival (Hanoi). Huong Pagoda in Huong Son commune, My Duc district, is one of the attractive spiritual tourist destinations, attracting a large number of tourists, especially at the beginning of the new year.

The festival takes place from the 1st to 3rd month of the lunar calendar, the opening day of the festival is January 6th every year. But the time to attract the most visitors is from the full moon of January to 18/2 of the lunar calendar.

At this time, all temples, pagodas, pagodas and shrines are filled with incense smoke. The festive atmosphere covers Huong Son commune. Participating in the festival, visitors can not only offer incense to pray for peace but also be released into nature, majestic forests and mountains imprinted with Buddha. There, Visitors can also participate in unique national cultural activities such as boating, climbing and paddle singing, Van ...

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