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The festival has become an indispensable need in life to satisfy the people's desire to return to their roots, conduct religious activities, balance spiritual life and enjoy and create culture.

Currently, in some localities, precious traditional cultural festivals of ethnic minorities are still preserved.

Khmer people's 'nuggets' festival

Ok Om Bok Festival, also known as the moon worship ceremony or the "nuggets ceremony". Ok Om Bok is the big festival of the year along with the traditional New Year Chol Chnam Thmay, the worship ceremony of Mr. and Mrs. Sene Dolta of Khmer compatriots.

The festival is held at the end of the harvest to show gratitude to the Moon, the god of nature who helps them in protecting crops, regulating the weather, bringing good fruits and fullness.

The Moon God is a god who regulates crops during the year. Therefore, they took glutinous rice into nuggets and other crops to make offerings to the Moon.

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Featured New Year prayer ceremony of the Dao Tien people

The seasonal prayer ceremony takes place on the first days of the new year, this is one of the social practices associated with the beliefs of the Dao people of Don Phong commune, Bach Thong district, Bac Kan province. Through the festival, the Dao Tien people want to send their thoughts and wishes for good harvests, fruit trees are full of fruit, livestock development ...

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Harrowing bull racing festival in An Giang

This is a traditional festival of Southern Khmer compatriots; is a unique cultural activity in the Seven Nui region, An Giang.

The festival is held annually on the occasion of the Donta holiday of the Khmer ethnic people, which takes place around the end of the 8th and early 9th month of the lunar calendar every year.

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