The Cau Ngu (Fish Worshipping) Festival for fishermen in Thanh Khe District took place in the district’s Thanh Khe Tay Ward yesterday.
The event featured many solemn traditional ceremonies and exciting folk games. The ceremonies included the procession of the Sea God, a funeral oration delivered to the God of Water, and traditional rituals to honour ancestors and to pray for peace and prosperity throughout the year.
The festive activities included ‘ba trao’ (dancing and singing local traditional folk songs) to honour the merits and virtues of the whale, and to show the local fishermen's strong desire for peaceful offshore fishing trips, with bumper catches. In addition, various exciting competitions were held at the event, including fishing net knitting, tug-of-war, football, and ‘bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards).
This year’s event also featured an exhibition introducing 17 documents from the Museum of Da Nang, all of which prove Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. Another exhibition showed beautiful photos which praise the great love of the district’s school pupils for the country’s sea and isands. There were stalls introducing and selling local seafood products made by local fishermen.
Da Nang Today would like to share with our readers some photos, taken by our reporter Ngoc Ha, which show highlights from the festival.
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| The procession of the Sea God |
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| A ceremony to deliver a funeral oration to the God of Water |
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| A God procession |
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| A traditional ritual to honour ancestors and to pray for peace and prosperity throughout the year |
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| The ‘ba trao’ (dancing and singing local traditional folk songs) |
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| The tug-of-war competition |
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| A rod-pushing contest |
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| Delicious dishes in a cooking contest |
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| A fishing net knitting competition |
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| A stall introducing and selling local seafood products |
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| An exhibition of 17 documents about the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos |
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