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Vietnam Events in December

Manh Tan Village Festival

Time: December 4th (The 10th day of the eleventh lunar month).

Location: Manh Tan Hamlet, Thuy Lam Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.

Objects of worship: Duong Giang, Ly trieu Quoc Mau (mother of the country of Ly Dynasty).

Activities: Palanquin procession, sacrifices-offering ceremony, traditional wrestling.

An Co Village Festival

Time: December 9th (The 15th day of the eleventh lunar month).
Location: Thuy An Commune, Thai Thuy District, Thai Binh Province.
Objects of worship: Village's tutelary god - Nam Hai Dai Vuong - Pham Hai who had merit of encouraging people produce, protecting crops, excluding natural calamity, epidemic diseases.
Activities: Procession of tutelary god, sacrifices-offering ceremony (24 worshipping people wear felt hats, mandarin's boots, armour with specific ceremonies), chess playing, wrestling and cheo singing in the yard of communal house

Phu Le Communal House Festival

Time: December 12th - 13th (From the 18th to the 19th day of the third lunar month (Ky Yen Festival) and the 9th to the 10th day of the eleventh lunar month (Cau Bong Festival)

Location: Phu Khuong Hamlet, Phu Le Commune, Ba Tri District, Ben Tre Province.

Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god.

Activities: Ky Yen festival: praying for good weather, Cau Bong festival: praying for good crops, god honor-conferring diploma procession, worshipping Tien hien, Hau hien (sages of former time who breaking ground and opening rice paddies), boi singing.

Duong Phuc Festival

Time: December 10th (The16th day of the eleventh lunar month).
Location: Kim Dong District, Hung Yen Province.
Objects of worship: Village's tutelary god Trinh Phuc Tu Hoa Doan Trang Thanh Mau Royal Highest who died but always appear with supernatural power in helping villagers to avoid robbery danger.
Activities: Commemoration of the embodied day of the village's tutelary god.

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