The Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara) Festival will run from 5 - 7 April (the 17^th - 19^th days of the 2^nd lunar month) at Ngu Hanh Son District's Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara) Pagoda in the Marble Mountains Tourist Area.

The Festival will feature a number of solemn Buddhist rituals.  They include the traditional offerings and preaching sessions, a solemn ritual to pray for peace and safety throughout the year, a drum performance with a petition-submitting ritual dance, the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue procession, and a prayer ceremony for Theravada Buddhists.

Part of the closing ceremony of the 2013 Quan The Am Festival

During the event, there will also be various exciting cultural activities such as a photo exhibition about the Marble Mountains, a fine arts exhibition about calligraphy and tea meditation, the plaiting of flowers and leaves, the floating of flower garlands and coloured lanterns, a poetry exchange, “bai choi” (singing while acting as playing cards), and a traditional boat race.

Most notably, this year’s event will also feature cultural exchanging activities and fascinating arts performances by a troupe from Thailand.