Ooc Po festival

Ooc Po - Folk Festival of the Nung people in Thai Nguyen The Ooc Po festival is also known as the output (up) festival, the festival to the hill- Cau Sam, which is held in the Nung villages at the end of the beginning of the first April of the year of the lunar calendar every year.   The Ooc Po festival can be held at the communal house, but it can also take place on a field, a flat, spacious hillside that is considered to be sacred by the people. To make the worship of heaven and earth, the gods, each family in the village contributed a little money, 1 chicken, 1 bottle of wine, 1 bowl of rice. The cooking is conducted at the communal house or the head of the village. The ceremony was celebrated by the priest or the village elder with knowledge and prestige. Men in the village head to the dignitaries, the boys all wore the Nung Den Cham ethnic costume, the Cham towel on the top of the round. According to the location in the village, everyone sat in front of the altar on the tray ready. The priest did the rituals offering incense, offering alcohol, offering ceremonies, asking for the yin and yang. When asking for the radio, he read a long song in the sound of the sky and the gods. After reading the version, the celebrant continued to ask for the Yin Yang radio. If Thuan (asking for yin and yang), then the end of the ceremony is then displayed for everyone to enjoy. Those who cannot attend the festival are also packed by the kitchen for sticky rice and meat according to the customs of the village. The festival takes place at the end of the ceremony. The elder of the village advanced to the festival to fight the drum. Lion dance opening the festival. Unicorn dance is the unique feature of the Nung people. A group of dance has 1 -2 or a herd of unicorns, 1 orangutans and 2 monkeys. Set of phosphorus heads, orangutans, monkeys made by native people with songs, bamboo, rattan, paper, cloth, color different from the lion's head and the lion dance costume of the Kinh and the Tay people. The method of lion dance is similar to the lion dance, only one point is to end the dance of the "still" unicorns. The end of the lion dance is the same. The tree is 12m high, symbolizing 12 months of a year. The way to play is like Tung still in the Tay Tay cage festival. In the association, there are many unique games of Nung people: sowing (sowing), hitting rotation (description light), hitting the bridge (ie Din), tug of war, hitting bird's nest, shooting crossbow, sliding balls ... The ladies, the sisters also wrapped the cake, the fabric weaving. Boys and girls in the village, boys and girls come from other villages and communes, singing, singing, singing. Sli, gliding to the night ... In Thai Nguyen, the Ooc Po festival is only held in Tan Long and Van Han communes (Dong Hy district)