Mangrove Urban Festival is over 400 years old

Every year, on the second day of the second day of the second lunar month, thousands of people flock to Ba pagoda in Phuoc Quang commune, Tuy Phuoc district to attend the unique Mang Mang urban festival in the Central Coast region.

As usual, at the end of January and beginning of the second lunar month every year, the influx of people flock to Ba Pagoda in Phuoc Quang commune, Tuy Phuoc district to attend a unique saltwater urban festival. Ba pagoda is the place to worship Thien Hau Thanh Mau, who is said to have saved the boats and boats that ran aground in the old harbor area.

People in Phuoc Quang commune, Tuy Phuoc district, in traditional costumes, celebrate Mass at Ba pagoda, grateful for the merits of their ancestors who opened the ancient commercial port of Nuoc Mang urban area in the past. Photo: Minh Thuy.

"Nuoc Mang Urban Festival is the most anticipated occasion of the year. The image of the old town such as the procession of fishermen, tieu, canh, rot, lighting lanterns, folk games ... is reproduced. vividly remind the next generation to know a flourishing trading port, grateful to its predecessors hundreds of years ago, "said Dang Cong Nghia of Phuoc Quang commune.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Ngoc, an officer in charge of intangible culture, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Dinh, this festival is a traditional cultural beauty of the people of the ancient town of Nuoc Mang. existed for more than 4 centuries and is the occasion for the people of the port to express their gratitude to the gods and ancestors to paint the site publicly. In the past, the days of the festival, people hung bright lanterns all over the street, such as the second New Year day of the people here.

Ceremony of welcoming fishermen, ships, soup and items in the Mang Mang urban festival. Photo: Van Luu.

In the early 18th century, the land of An Hoa (Phuoc Quang commune, Tuy Phuoc district) was a swampy salt water area where no people lived. Over time, this land became one of the largest commercial ports in Dang Trong. The bustling and bustling Commercial Port of Salty then was named on the maritime map of Spain, Portugal ...

Since then, people in the port town of Nuoc Mang have built a temple to worship the gods including Thien Mau Thanh Hau, Ba Thai and the Royal Spirit ... to commemorate those who have built the Port of Salt Water Town and bless the seafarers, trade in favorable wind and peace, settle down and settle down.

To commemorate thanks to the gods, the ancestors made their birthplace to the Port of Nuoc Mang Town, every year in order to February 2 of the second lunar month, people in An Hoa organized the Urban Water Festival.

Nuoc Mon Urban Festival is one of the traditional, large-scale festivals in Binh Dinh, with many solemn ceremonies including Sacrifice to Thien Hau Thanh Mau, Than Hoang Lang, Ba Thai Thai (Ba Mu) ... out on the night of January 30. After the sacrifice is the ritual of spirit, procession.

The elders of the village dressed in long dresses and neatly dressed towels participated in the procession of the procession of fishermen, tieu, and soup to re-enact the Mang Mang urban festival over 400 years ago. Photo: Tri Tin.

The most awaited part of this year's Urban Water Festival is the ceremony to receive the Ngu Tieu Canh Muc ceremony with humanoid symbols such as: Choppers cutting mangrove forests, people breaking fields and embarking on trees. fishing nets, cattle raisers ... to commemorate and respect the enlightenment of his father has turned the coastal swamp into a bustling commercial port.

Nowadays, the port of Nuoc Mang town is no longer available, the festival is an opportunity for people here to remember the old days. During the festival days, the cultural features imbued with the traditions of the ancient port city such as spirit ceremony and procession; Communion process of fish - tieu - canh - item, unicorn dance, bumper singing ... is still preserved.

Previously, a special highlight of the Urban Water Festival was the lantern street lit by people during the holidays. Today, the lantern street no longer exists in every family as it used to be, instead it is a series of lanterns hanging in front of the gate to the temple.

According to Minh Thuy