Traditional festival of Duc But

Traditional festival of Duc But

Tam Duong, Vinh Phuc

Traditional festival "Buddha Casting" in Phu Lien Every year, on January 8, the people of Phu Lien village, Dong Tinh commune, Tam Duong district (Vinh Phuc province) organize the "Buddha Casting" festival. With the desire to have a son, people compete to get the sedge mats. The festival aims to review the process of recruiting soldiers, gathering forces, and forging weapons of Princess Ngoc Kinh - a talented female general with perfect intelligence and courage, responding to the call of Hai Ba Trung "Repay the country's debt, avenge the family, destroy the To Dinh enemy" in the 40s AD. The Buddha Casting Festival (also known as the Mat Capture Festival) opened at Dinh Ca relic complex, Phu Lien village, Dong Tinh commune, Tam Duong district, Vinh Phuc province, attracting thousands of local people and tourists to attend. The most unique and important part of the festival is the Buddha casting activity, attracting a large number of people waiting and watching. After the "Buddhas" were escorted by the villagers to bathe in the sacred well at the beginning of the village and covered with mud on their bodies and faces, they were brought back to the front yard of Notre Dame Temple to wait for a report to the village Tutelary God. Each "Buddha" is given a mat, with the "Buddha" sitting in the middle on top with a bunch of young green seedlings. Legend has it that whoever steals the mat will have a child in that family. In this year's festival, the three young men who have the honor of being chosen as "Buddha" must be young, unmarried men, coming from a cultured, warm, harmonious family, loved by their neighbors. In particular, the village festival also tells each other that if anyone wins a mat with a bundle of green rice seedlings on their head, that year they and their husband will have a son. Believing this, many people strive to win at least one piece of mat. This year's Festival Organizing Committee divided the mats to distribute to everyone, so as not to cause chaos. The pieces of mats were divided through the temple door, many hands reached in wanting to get even just a strand. The festival is a long-standing form of folk cultural activity to review the process of recruiting soldiers, gathering forces, and forging weapons of Princess Ngoc Kinh - a talented and courageous female general of Hai Ba Trung.

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