The festival was recreated in a theatrical form, consisting of two parts: rituals and festive activities. The rituals were performed by a shaman and local people. The tray of offerings includes rice, paddy, maize, wine, cloth, pork, chicken and some specialties of the commune. They are offered to the forest, sky, earth and hamlet gods to bless a year of favourable weather, and good agricultural production. The worshiping rituals took place solemnly and respectfully, bearing typical cultural features of the Thai ethnic group.
After the rituals, people participated in the festive part with sports competitions and folk games like cloth ball throwing and bamboo dance, rice planting and banh chung (square sticky rice cake) wrapping contests; and “great unity” and ‘xoe’ dances.
The festival is a unique cultural and religious activity of people in Chieng Cang commune every spring, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere in the first days of the new year, contributing to preserving and promoting cultural values of the Thai ethnic people for future generations.
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