Harvest ceremony

Harvest ceremony

Lam Thao

Harvest ceremony The harvest-praying ceremony in Phu Tho is a unique agricultural belief that takes place in early spring, typically including the Forest Opening Festival (dooc moong) of the Muong (peaceful) people on January 6, the Tet Doi festival (Tan Son) on the 7th day of the Lunar New Year, and the "Miscellaneous Love" festival (Tu Xa) on January 12, praying for good weather and good harvests.  Characteristics of the harvest praying ceremony in Phu Tho: Time: Usually held in the early spring of the new year (January and February of the lunar calendar) to pray for a favorable harvest. Location and ethnicity: Mountainous communes such as Minh Hoa, Thu Cuc (Yen Lap, Tan Son) where Muong people live, or plain areas such as Tu Xa commune (Lam Thao). Ritual: Forest Opening Ceremony (Muong): Offer offerings (sticky rice, chicken, wine...) to ask for permission from the gods to allow people to enter the forest to exploit, gather, and hunt at the beginning of the year. Festival "Miscellaneous love affairs" (Tu Xa): The "Honey ceremony" ritual takes place in Tro temple at midnight, imbued with fertility, praying for fertility. Divine rice procession: Paddy heads from the previous crop are worshiped and carried in procession to pray for good luck and a good harvest. Meaning: Honoring wet rice culture, paying tribute to gods and ancestors and expressing the desire for prosperity and happiness of the people of the Ancestral Land.  In addition, there are other festivals such as elephant procession in Dao Xa village (January 27-29) which also have elements of praying for good harvest and rain. 

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