Field festival of the Day ethnic group

Field festival of the Day ethnic group in Lao Cai - Traditional cultural beauty The Field Festival of the Day ethnic group is a traditional festival imbued with the cultural identity of the highland people and has attracted many tourists from all over when coming to Lao Cai in the early spring of the new year. On the first occasions of the year, every year around the 7th day of the first lunar month, the Day ethnic group in Lao Cai organizes the Field Festival. The festival is an opportunity for people to thank heaven and earth and their ancestors for blessing the harvest, and at the same time pray for a new year with good weather and good crops. The festival is held in the villages of the Day people, in spacious, flat open fields. Before the festival, people in the village will prepare very carefully, from preparing offerings and costumes to setting up the theater and preparing the stage,... The Down to the Field Festival consists of two main parts: the ceremony and the festival. The ceremony includes main rituals that take place one after another, such as the worshiping ceremony of the Nong God, which is considered the most important ritual of the festival. People will offer offerings such as rice, wine, chicken, pigs, etc. to the god of agriculture with the purpose of praying for the god of agriculture to bless a good harvest. Next is the worshiping ceremony for the local god, this is a ritual to thank the local god for blessing the fertile land and lush trees, and indispensable for the harvest ceremony with the wish for a new year with good weather and good crops. Coming to the festival, visitors will experience attractive cultural and artistic activities at the festival such as folk games of tug of war, pushing sticks, crossbow shooting and traditional dances of the Day ethnic group. The Field Festival of the Day ethnic group in Lao Cai is not only an opportunity for people to give thanks to heaven, earth, and ancestors, but it is also an opportunity for people to meet, exchange, and tighten community solidarity, and is extremely important to the spiritual life of the people. The festival is an opportunity for people to express their deep gratitude to heaven and earth, and to their ancestors for blessing the bountiful harvest. At the same time, it is also an opportunity for people to pray for a new year with good weather, good crops, and a prosperous and happy life.