Duy Xuyen starts the year with Lady Chiem Son Festival on February 6, Lady Thu Bon Festival on March 7 and 8 and wrap up with a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of My Son being selected as a world heritage listed site by UNESCO.
Lady Thu Bon Festival, the main festival in Duy Xuyen, takes place in Thu Bon Village, Duy Tan Commune from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month, which fell on March 7 and 8.
From early morning thousands of villagers gathered along the Thu Bon River to celebrate the festival with horns, drums, fans, flag palanquins, and dance troupes and fruit platters.
After a solemn ceremony and a procession of palanquin to pray for good weather and great harvest, the festival took on an animated atmosphere with folk music and musical instrument performances tuong (Vietnamese classical drama) and an arts show titled "Mysterious My Son by Night" with attendance or many famous singers, as well as a boat race.
Lady Chiem Son Festival is held earlier, on the 12th day of the first lunar month (February 6, 2009) in Chiem Son Village, Duy Trinh Commune. The festival also attracts a large number of visitors to its incense burning ceremony at the lady's palace and jubilant folk games and folk music shows.
A meeting to mark My Son Sanctuary being selected as a world heritage site by UNESCO will take place on December 3 with imposing artistic programs to recreate historical aspects of My Son Sanctuary's past, present and future.
Ho Tan Cuong, deputy director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the province will put great effort into building and introducing new tourism products to entice tourists; adding that Tra Nhieu tourist village will be opened on April 1, featuring Ban Thach traditional mat weaving village and the lives of villagers.
Source:VietNamNet/SGT
