Spring is the jubilant season of the year. Making that bustling and exciting atmosphere in large part thanks to the noisy, noisy spring festivals but no less solemn. Then the day the people in my hometown are looking forward to comes, the sixth day of the new year, my hometown has a traditional village festival.The village festival is said to commemorate the village princes who publicly reclaimed the wasteland to establish a village. As is customary, a dragon procession will be held in the morning. And so from the early morning, everyone had dressed up to go out into the street to wait for the procession. The houses located on the way through the procession, quickly set up a small altar placed in front of the house of smoky incense."Spare parts spare parts, spare parts spare parts ..." from a distance the drum sound suddenly resounded throbbing. The procession comes closer. Led by a fake dragon was created by the dragon dance team of the village. It curves in beautiful curves, the dragon head is swaying continuously, the fake dragon is also very majestic! Next was the noisy and bustling group of gongs and gongs that went ahead to clear the way for the procession of palanquin procession.At the end of the festival, everyone left in a cheerful mood. The festival in my village is a beauty of traditional national culture, I hope that the custom of organizing the festival at the beginning of this year will be passed down forever.

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There is a unique festival of Dao ethnic group you must see – the “Dancing over fire” festival. This festival takes place every year to pray for good weather, harvests, bringing warmth to the people, dispel the cold mountainous weather. The chosen ones are strong healthy guys. The shaman will do some mysterious rituals, praying the Gods give the chosen men strength. After the shaman finish the first rituals, the men have shivers, signaling they are about to receive the strength and courage to jump and dance on the embers in front of people. The shaman drum become more and more impulsive, the men dance with stronger movements and jump on the embers. What a spectacular and unique scene, it really makes you feel closer to the gods above. Nowadays, bullfighting (or buffalo fighting) is still one of the most famous festivals. It has been maintained and developed in the plains and some place in midland. This festival although a little bit violent but it is an indispensable features of agricultural culture in which the buffalo is an essential animal and the strength of them is one of the most crucial factors. This festival is so famous that even the guests have to come early to reserve a good seat. A clan or village owns “the champion buffalo” feel very honored, proud and have more confidence in a year filled with health, luck, good weather, harvest…

Almost all the provinces along the coastline have their own boat racing competition. According to the researchers, boat racing competitions originated from the worship to god whale, earth spirit and river spirit. It represents the love of the fishermen to the sea and the dream to conquer it. The fishermen show their strength, their solidarity and their skills in this contest.

Traditional festivals play a very important role in culture. Although many of them can not maintain the original rituals but the spirit and the meaning of them will never change in each Vietnamese mind. We inherited precious tradition from our forefathers and we will do our best to maintain and develop it in our own way.

Traveling Vietnam by motorbike to remote areas at the New Year time you’ll have more chances to join at meaningful festivals of the local hill tribes. Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert team is ready to travel and discover the the meaning of the traditional festivals in Vietnam.