Each Festival in Phan Thiet will carry its own cultural and religious values associated with the people’s lives here. Experiencing these festivals will help you gain more knowledge and memorable memories while exploring Phan Thiet tourism. Follow yourvietnam.org to know 8 festivals imbued with cultural and religious values.
Mid-Autumn Festival
The jubilant atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Phan Thiet
The Mid-Autumn Festival must be very familiar to all of us, right? But the extraordinary thing is that the Vietnam record book recognized Mid-Autumn as the largest lantern festival in our country. It takes place in a highly bustling atmosphere and attracting the participation of many tourists from near and far.
Coming to Phan Thiet Festival, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will enjoy in the joyful festive atmosphere, watching majestic and brilliant performances with countless types of lanterns of various sizes, decorated with Many different themes and shapes.
In addition to the lantern procession, the Binh Thuan Mid-Autumn Festival also organizes many exciting, fun activities such as lion and dragon dances, music and dance performances, puppet shows, etc. Besides, there are also food stalls with super attractive traditional dishes.
Time to organize Phan Thiet Mid-Autumn Festival
This Binh Thuan festival occur continuously for two nights, the 14th and 15th of the 8th lunar month. Festival preparation work will be carried out very early by Phan Thiet departments.
If you want to have fun, come on the two main days of the festival. You can come earlier if you’re going to take pictures with a sparkling background.
Kate Festival in Phan Thiet
Kate Festival, also known as Mbang Kate, is the most sacred and significant festival for the Cham community living in Binh Thuan. This Binh Thuan festival has the meaning of connecting family members.
It is an opportunity for children living far away from home to return to their homeland, similar to the Lunar New Year of the Kinh people.
Currently, thanks to the growing development of Phan Thiet tourism, the organization of the Kate festival is also an opportunity to spread the unique culture of the Cham people to more people.
Participating in the festival, you will see ancient temples and towers, discover this nation’s traditional costumes and religious rituals, and listen to hymns from beautiful Cham girls.
Binh Thuan Dinh Thay Thim Festival
The Dinh Thay Thim Festival is next on the list of Binh Thuan Festivals. The festival will occur at Thay Thim Palace Cultural Relic Area every year in the 9th lunar month.
The festival is an opportunity for people to remember the gratitude of Thay Thim and his wife for their significant contributions to the land of Tam Tan. Along with that, people also send their wishes for peace and luck.
In the festival, you will understand more about the traditional cultural values of the people of Phan Thiet. And also know about the spiritual values that generations of our ancestors have preserved over many years.
Ca Ty River Boat Racing Festival
The boat racing festival is a spiritual dish familiar to coastal people. It is also an opportunity for people to have fun and welcome the new year. This unique festival in Phan Thiet will be held with two disciplines, boat, and basket racing, gathering 25 racing teams.
And it also attracts about 250 athletes and thousands of cheering locals. The festival atmosphere is exciting and bustling, with the proper spring festival quality.
In ancient times, it was an opportunity for boys to show off their strength and train their bodies to prepare for days and nights floating at sea. But now, the boat racing festival is an opportunity to attract tourists from near and far and preserve long-standing cultural values.
Nghinh Ong Quan Thanh Phan Thiet’s Festival
Next is the Phan Thiet Welcome Festival, bearing the cultural imprint of the Chinese community living in Binh Thuan. The festival is held every two years. And it is only held in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan, and is a unique cultural mark of this land.
Nghinh Ong Quan Thanh means to pray for peace in the country and people, good weather, and wind. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Chinese people to express their respect and gratitude to Quan Cong. People believe that Quan Cong will protect them to have a prosperous and happy life.
This Binh Thuan festival will have two main parts: ceremony and celebration. Every year, the festival attracts the participation of more than 1,000 people from neighboring localities flocking to Phan Thiet.
When participating in the festival, you will admire impressive performances such as dragon dance, lion dance, eight immortals, eight nine, folk dances… and enjoy many typical dishes of culinary culture.
Cau Ngu Festival in Phuoc Loc
In the list of Binh Thuan Festivals, we will learn about the Cau Ngu festival, which is typical of coastal people. To fully explore this festival, you can go to Phuoc Loc ward, La Gi town.
The festival will occur at Nam Hai temple, with the meaning of praying for people going to sea to fish safely and smoothly. And also bringing back a lot of fish and shrimp.
Cau Ngu Festival in Phan Thiet is held from June 14 to June 16 of the lunar calendar every year. When coming to the festival, you will discover many traditional rituals passed down and preserved by many generations. And you will overwhelm by the atmosphere of highly bustling games such as basket shaking, boat racing, swimming, beach volleyball, etc.
Thanh Minh festival Phan Thiet
Thanh Minh Festival, also known as Duong, is a typical cultural feature of the Chi Cong commune, Tuy Phong district. The festival will be held every year on April 1 to pray for peace and remember the merits of the ancestors who exploited and created this land.
The Thanh Minh festival will take place for many days with unique rituals such as:
- Opening Sutras, Thinh Sanh
- Offering to the God Emperor
- Offering cakes
- Offering Great Ceremonies
- Offering food, etc.
So that, in this festival, you will have the opportunity to understand more about traditional culture and enjoy many attractive dishes that people offer incense.
Mui Ne Street Food Festival
Next will be a Festival in Phan Thiet for food enthusiasts – the Mui Ne Street Food Festival. This festival is held about 6 to 7 times yearly, initiated by business groups who want to promote and promote Mui Ne tourism.
And the festival location is usually in front of resorts, extending from Coco Beach Resort to Blue Ocean Resort.
When participating here, you will have the opportunity to enjoy many delicious dishes, admire unique music performances, and immerse yourself in the vibrant and joyful atmosphere of the beautiful coastal city.
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Above is a list of the 8 most famous Festivals that yourvietnam.org would like to introduce. Each festival in Phan Thiet will give you specific feelings and experiences. We hope you will have many memorable memories when experiencing these unique festivals.
