The Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival will take place in the Ngu Hanh Son/Marble Mountains area between the 17^th and 19^th days of the 2^nd lunar month (14 - 16 March).

Offering incense to the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva at last year's event

The 3-day event will feature a number of solemn Buddhist traditional rituals, including the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Statue procession and a solemn ritual to pray for peace and safety throughout the year.

In addition, there will be various exciting cultural and sporting activities such as a poetry and music exchange, the floating of flower garlands and coloured lanterns on the river, a photo exhibition about the Marble Mountains, ‘bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards), a calligraphy performance and Zen tea, a village festival of flags, and a running race.

Most notably, this year’s event will feature a traditional boat race on the Co Co River, and it will also see the participation of enlightened monks from such countries as Myanmar, Thailand, and Japan.

The festival’s organising board has worked closely with relevant local agencies to ensure security, traffic safety, environmental sanitation, fire prevention and fighting, healthcare, and food hygiene and safety for locals and visitors during the event.