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The northern midland province of
Phu Tho is working with five other provinces
and cities to prepare a range of activities to commemorate the death anniversary
of the Hung Kings and celebrate the festival of
Hung Kings Temple.
According to Ha Ke San, Vice Chairman of the Phu Tho provincial People’s
Committee, the five-day festival, which starts from March 27 (the fifth day of
the third lunar month), will be combined with tourism programmes promoting the
homeland of the nation’s legendary founders – the Hung Kings, in Phu Tho.
Apart from traditional worshipping rituals dedicated to the nation’s legendary
father and mother, Lac Long Quan and Au Co, as well as the Hung Kings, the
festival will honour Xoan singing, the ceremonial singing originating in Phu Tho
which has been recently recognised by the UNESCO as a world intangible cultural
heritage in need of urgent protection.
There will also be a photo exhibition on places of worship dedicated to the Hung
Kings and relics related to the Hung Kings period nationwide.
The festival aims to educate people about patriotism and continue completing the
dossier on worship rituals dedicated to the Hung Kings to seek recognition as
part of the World Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. |
