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The festival is often held
from thirteenth to fifteenth day of lunar eleventh month
in Nguyen Cong Tru temple in Kim Son District.
The Nguyen Cong Tru temple was built to worship Nguyen
Cong Tru who is considered as the founder of Kim Son
District . This temple was built on Nguyen Cong Tru's
house and he also used to live there. More special, it
had been built when Nguyen Cong Tru was still alive and
used to lively worship him. Furthermore, temple was
built as a multi-religious area so most of people can
come here and enjoy the festival held in this temple.
The festival lasts for three days. On the first day, the
13th of November of lunar calendar, they will hold
worshipping yet cao considered as an opening ceremony
to report to Nguyen Cong Tru about achievements and
JOBSlocal people have gained during this year. On the
following day, they hold worshipping chinh ky . In
this day, they carry out a procession with
sophisticatedly carved floats and colourful flags to
honor Nguyen Cong Tru. During that time, many local
people dress up in old-fashioned clothes, sometimes even
wearing them at work. In the festival, visitors can
watch wonderful performance of singers with Dan day
and phach as well as enjoying ca tru ( a
traditional folk song of Vietnam ). Moreover, there are
many interesting outdoors activities like kylin dance, a
swimming competition on the An River or fun games such
as human chess, wrestling, tug of war. On the last day,
the 15th of November of lunar calendar, there is ta
ceremony to end the festival.
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