As a major festival in Binh Lieu, Luc Na Communal House Festival is the crystallization of cultural values and beliefs of ethnic groups in Binh Lieu district, which has been preserved, restored and promoted by the district since 2007.
Luc Na Communal House Festival is held annually on January 16 and 17, bearing many unique cultural imprints of the Tay ethnic people as well as other ethnic groups in Binh Lieu district. Luc Na Communal House Festival consists of two parts: ceremony and festival with many activities imbued with the cultural identity of the ethnic people. According to Mr. To Dinh Hieu, Director of the District's Center for Communication and Culture, Luc Na Communal House Festival has been restored from sources of documents, from the memories of the elderly, and many elements have even been created. The ritual at the communal house, one of the important parts of the festival, is passed down from the lowland ritual team to the Luc Na Communal House ritual team to perform.
In order to perfect and recreate the festival with strong cultural identity, since 2023, Binh Lieu district has contacted and coordinated with the Institute of Ethnology ( under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences ) researched and promoted village rituals of mountainous areas combined with the reality and customs of the people in Luc Hon commune, Binh Lieu. At the same time, the experts also learned carefully about traditional ceremonies from the elderly and prestigious shamans in the community... Thanks to that, a festival with typical rituals has been unified in terms of rituals, order of ceremonies and completed in 2024. Up to now, Luc Na Communal House Festival is a festival that both carries the traditional village beliefs of mountainous areas and is the cultural characteristics of the Tay people and ethnic groups in the area. The festival includes activities such as carrying the royal decree to confer the title of Thanh Hoang Can's tablet, opening the festival drums, offering incense, worshiping the gods and the most typical cultural and artistic activities and folk games.
In this big festival, besides the festival, the most special part of the ceremony is the procession of the tablet of Thanh Hoang Hoang Can around Ban Cau village, followed by the sacrificial ceremony with the sacrificial steps ensuring solemnity. The ceremony ends with a dance to welcome the gods performed by Then singers, showing solemnity, creating a joyful and bustling atmosphere, expressing the people's respect for the gods.
Like every year, this year's festival, with folk games, culture, arts and sports organized by the district, is expected to attract a large number of communes to participate. The festival includes an expanded traditional martial arts tournament attracting athletes from localities including Ha Long, Mong Cai, Tien Yen, Quang Yen to participate, and competitions of the Luc Hon Commune Sports Festival... In particular, this year's Then singing and Tinh lute festival not only focuses on performance but also invests more deeply in content, with the wide participation of Then singing clubs from Lang Son, clubs from communes and schools throughout the district.
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