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| Hoi
An Hotel: Activities
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Traditional Festival in Hoi An: |
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Held monthly from 5:30pm
to 10:00pm during the full moon of the lunar calendar,Hoi
An's legendary night is lit up by the moon and decorative
multicoloured lanterns hung everywhere. Motorized vehicles
ans artificial light is prohibited. Visitors can see the inhabitants
of Hoi an go to and fro in traditional costume. Many activities
are organized. Young ladies recite poems in front of old houses,
musicians gather music, and young girls sing romantic melodies
and sweet, lyrical folk songs accompanied by a 16 sting guitar
called a zither. Boys and girls chant impromptu medolies while
working and, combining with the crowd's laugh and sounds,
create a festive atmosphere that harkens back to an ancient
time, a time of revelry, peace, poetry and beauty. |
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Lunar New Year: |
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In the whole of Vietnam, the first days of
the lunar New Year are very important. On these days, HoiAn
inhabitants welcome it with with many activities and organize
traditional cultural festivals. Performances of many traditinal
dances like the fournoble-animal dance, unicorn dance, and the
drangon dance can be seen. Afterwards ,many people go
to pagodas and shrines to pray for profit and wealth and pay
visits to one another and enjoy house decorations, traditional
foods. |
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Nguyen Tieu Festival: |
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On the 16th of Lunar January every year,
people meet at the Trieu Chau and Quang Trieu assembly halls
to make offerings and worship Nguyen Tieu and ancestors in great
style, attracting the paticipation of thousand of people from
the region. |
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Cau Bong Festival: |
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Held in spring on the section of a river
by Dai Duong estuary, the festival is an opening crop ceremony
to wish for abundant crops and a happy and prosperous home and
family. Junk races attracting thousand of sailors are held.
The festival is held not ony for the living, but also for the
dead. The more people who participate, the more souls of the
departed can take part, as well. |
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Marine Sports Festival: |
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On the last Sunday of the third lunar month
and at the beginning of the fouth lunar month on Cam An beach,
Hoi An people organize boat races, music and dramatic shows.
Festival of the Buddha's Birthday. Held on 15th day of the 4th
lunar month to celebrate the Buddha's birthday, it is also the
beginning of the New Year according to the Buddhist Calendar.
Buddha's disciples show their respect to Buddha and wish for
peace, security, prosperity and security of the country. A lot
of cutural and artistic activities are displayed and Buddhist
disciples organize picnics to discuss Buddha's theories. |
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Long Chu Festival: |
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Long Chu means Royal Barge. The Royal Barge
festival is held during the transition of summer to fall to
expel plagues. After worship ceremonies, magicians cast spells
to catch ghosts. Then, he along with the villagers put them
into the river to drift off to the sea. The villagers' inhabitants
stage musical and dramatic shows, sing, play games, and gather
to enjoy meals. |
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Mid-Autumn Festival: |
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On the 14th and 15th of the eight month
of the lunar year, Hoi An organizes traditional cultural activities
such as the mid-autumn party to enjoy the moon-light and watch
the unicorn dance, the procession of lanterns, and music and
song competitions. This festival is popular with children. |
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Vu Lan (Wandering Soul Day): |
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It is held on the fifteenth day of the seventh
lunar month every year at the pagodas in Hoi an. It is the festival
of Buddhist disciples to show gratitude to their departed parents.
Oral tradition has it that Kien Muc Lien, at an early age, reached
enlightenment. His wicked mother, upon her death, was forced
to enter through all of hell's 18 doors, each progressively
more and mote terrifying, to spend eternity being ill treated
by ghosts and devils, tortured by constand and excessive hunger.
Seeing his mother's plight and feeling torn by grief, Muc Lien
used magic to bring food to his mother. But the demons tormented
her, changing the food to fire just before it would reach her
mouth. Muc Lien implored Gautama Buddha for help. Buddha told
him to hold a donation ceremony. Obeying the Buddha, Muc Lien
held a special ceremony called Vu Lan to pray for the pardon
of his mother's sins and his prayers were granted. VuLan is
a Day of Absolution of the Soul, especially for parents' souls
to be free from suffering and that parents' souls may return
home. During this season,there are many solemn ceremonies including
the floating of lights on the rivers at night to light the way
for souls to find Nirvana. |
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