This Congregation Festival

This is a festival of ethnic minorities taking place in Ta Van village, Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province. The distance from Sa Pa town center to here is 10.5km, because the road here has some winding sections, if you go by car, it will take about 30 minutes.

Nao Cong festival takes place in the 6th lunar month every year, the H'Mong, Giay, and Dao ethnic groups will gather at the shrine in the village to celebrate. Each family appoints one person to participate in the festival, regardless of whether they are young or old, they can participate in the festival. The festival takes place at the temple in the village, the offerings are prepared by the people in the village a few days in advance. The festival takes place in two parts, the ceremony and the festival. The ceremony was performed very solemnly by everyone, they invited the magicians to perform the ceremony, wearing ao dai, loose pants, especially abstaining from wearing hats and scarves. After the ceremony to invite the gods to attend the ceremony, praying for everyone's peace in the coming year and a bountiful harvest, it was time to read the general convention read by the Muong Hoa translation agencies. The content will stipulate not to steal, must protect the forest, not to cut firewood in forbidden forests, stipulate the time for grazing livestock so as not to affect the crops, help each other in difficulties, and help each other in difficulties. mourning. This is one of the very interesting points in Nao Cong festival, not only a beautiful cultural feature but also helps people raise awareness of forest protection, love and help each other. After the ceremony, it was time to come to the festival, everyone sat at the table to eat and talk together. The dishes are prepared by the people. In the tray, it is indispensable for the famous people's corn wine and cassava wine. If you have the opportunity to come to Sapa on the right occasion of the festival, you should definitely not miss this unique festival.