Do Gian Festival

Do Gian Festival is held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in An Thai Village, An Nhon District, Binh Dinh Province. The festival is performed to worship Ba who is considered the goddess of the sea by the locals. In the festivals, the villagers pray for good weather, happiness and wealth. This is a sacrifice-offering ceremony, worships souls-of-the-dead and do gian (an old custom of the local people in which the offering is roast pork. When the sacrifice-offering ceremony finishes, roast pork is thrown down from trellis).

Dong Da Festival (Binh Dinh)

Dong Da Festival is held on the 5th day of the first lunar month in Phu Phong small town, Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province. The festival worships the Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) and leaders of Tay Son movement. The festival is like a competition. Drumming competition (Tay Son fighting drum), the participants perform imitative battle, martial art: playing with fighting sticks danh con, di quyen (a Vietnamese form of Kung Fu, a system of unarmed combat using the hands and feet as weapons).