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Time: From the 1st to the 2nd day of
the first lunar month.
Place: Ta Phin Commune, Sa Pa
District, Lao Cai Province.
Objects of worship: Deities,
ancestors.
Characteristics:
Dancing (14 styles of dance),
bathing ancestor’s statues.
Three big families of Ly, Ban, Trieu
arranged Tet of dancing at the head
of the family’s house. The main
ceremony is the dances which are
performed by small group of young
boys and girls. There are many dance
styles which are described the
contexts of ancestor angel go down
the earth to attend the Tet with
offspring. After the dance ceremony
is an ancestor’s statues procession
and bathing ancestor’s statues
ceremony. Next to it is a dance of
offering red and yellow cocks... The
flag dance is the end |