Ky Phuc festival at Cam Gia communal house

Ky Phuc Festival at Cam Gia Communal House - Traditional cultural beauty Every year, on the 12th day of the 10th lunar month, at Cam Gia communal house, local people organize the Ky Phuc festival. This is a festival with unique traditional cultural and historical value, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the community's culture, imbued with the identity of a land with a long history of formation, existence and development of over 500 years. Cam Gia communal house is a place to worship Prime Minister La Gia, Duke Le Trung Nghia - people who have contributed to the country, in addition, the communal house is also a place to worship Cau Mang Dai Vuong and other gods. Currently, the Dinh still preserves 6 ordinations of the dynasties, 01 ordination in the 4th year of Canh Thinh (1796), 01 ordination in the 6th year of Tu Duc (1853), 01 ordination in the 31st year of Tu Duc (1878), 01 ordination in the 3rd year of Duy Tan (1909), 01 ordination in the 2nd year of Khai Dinh (1917), 01 ordination in the 3rd year of Duy Tan (1909). In the 9th year of Khai Dinh (1924), the title of Thanh Hoang Linh Phu Chi Than was conferred in 1853 and was remembered in the country's ritual canon. Cam Gia communal house, (formerly known as Cam Gia village communal house, Ninh Khanh commune, Hoa Lu district), belongs to Hoa Lu ward, Ninh Binh province. Cam Gia communal house faces northeast, in front of the communal house there is a natural semicircular lake that is clear and blue all year round. The Tam Quan gate still retains its inherent majesty, the communal house's architecture bears bold architectural features of the Nguyen Dynasty. In front of the Dinh yard are two rows of sacred animals, stone elephants and stone horses. To the right of the Dinh is an office area worshiping Confucius, and a stele house in honor of the Doctor. Although destroyed by war, the communal house is still fortunate to retain almost intact columns, tiled roofs and especially the altar throne and many ancient worship objects. The harem of Cam Gia Communal House is the most sacred place to place the altar tablet for Prime Minister La Gia and Duke Le Trung Nghia. In 2004, Cam Gia Communal House was recognized by the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province as a provincial historical relic. This is also an opportunity for descendants in the clan community to express gratitude and remember the contributions of generations of ancestors who had the opportunity to establish the village, to wish the country and its people peace and prosperity and happiness. Ky Phuc Festival includes a ceremony and a festival. The ceremony includes 4 ceremonies: Announcement ceremony, peace praying ceremony, incense offering ceremony and closing ceremony. The ceremony includes the ceremony performed by 10 elders appointed by the village. After the ceremony, there will be offerings to the male and female officials of the villages, hamlets and streets in the village. In recent years, many teams of male and female officials from neighboring localities have also registered to participate in the ceremony at the village's Ky Phuc festival. The ceremony is held solemnly and solemnly, performed according to traditional rituals with sincerity, preserving and preserving the cultural beauty of the homeland. On this day, people in Cam Gia village come to the ceremony one after another. The feast includes sticky rice, pig's head, betel, wine, fruits... The festival is both folk and modern, most people can participate such as: dragon dance, lion dance, art performances and folk games such as tug of war and human chess. On the days of the village's traditional festivals, the people in the village as well as the children of the homeland who are studying, working, and working all over the country and tourists from all over come together to express their gratitude and remember the merits of generations of fathers and grandfathers who publicly established the village. A unique feature of Ky Phuc Festival is the sticky rice contest. Every year, on the occasion of the festival,  people in the village contribute money to offer offerings at the village communal house. On the evening of the 11th day of the 10th lunar month, all the hamlets (now the streets) gathered at the Cultural House (formerly a prostitute) to organize cooking and stabbing sticky rice. After being pureed, the sticky rice is put on two trays, on top of each tray is a pig's head. One ceremony is offered at the Cultural House, the other is offered at the Village Communal House on the morning of the 12th day of the 10th lunar month. After the offerings were completed, the Organizing Committee scored the offerings of sticky rice and awarded prizes to the winning units. Sticky rice and meat after offering holy offerings are divided equally among all households in the town with the belief that using the holy fortune will bring good luck. Ky Phuc Festival is a form of community-based activity with great influence. In recent years, the festival is no longer confined to Cam Gia village, but has had many newly established adjacent residential groups participate, and many tourists stop to learn and admire. The unique and majestic architectural features of the communal house and unique traditional cultural values ​​make those who have returned to the Ky Phuc Festival look forward to coming back next time./.