Festival Buffalo fighting Do Son is a traditional festivals of people population fishing villages at sea areas sea Do Son, Hai Phong; takes place on 9 th 8th lunar month annual.Su formed difficult to determine, ceremony Buffalo fighting is cosmetic continuous magnanimous bring bold calculated upper martial, calculation daring and lap results feel very unique. Often is the sacrificial ceremony god position hydro-god usually takes place.
To prepare people raise buffaloes had to choose very public phu in finding and nourish buffalo, take care thorough in the approximately a years. Normally then after Tet Nguyen Spectacular, the ring fighting are appoint persons have much experience go throughout where to buy buffalo, have when they must diving wade monthly heavens into the provinces Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Nam Định, Thai Binh, even press up take Tuyen Quang, North Cạn ... new find be child buffalo pleasant. Buffaloes must is those buffaloes male healthy, da dong, feather hook, a cavity four cart before the horse, jaw black, hair seabream (feather on the head hard, thick to avoid sunny), have inhibition wide, cotron long and slightly miniature about side head, back increasingly thick, increasingly flat have ability anti bear be blow of enemy .... is buffalo liver. Groin buffalo must wide but miniature about side post-increasingly pointy increasingly quarter. Horns buffalo must black as mun, started horns venh up such as two wings supply, between two horns have prepared knots hair pyramidal atop started is cart before the horse circular. Eyes buffalo must black, lenses red.
The arena Often is those dumps broad land, have many people standing around typing drum and cheered. Persons coaching, covered red flags up head buffalo, yourself buffalo to for buffalo familiarize gradually with not gas.
Getting started from two side of ring fighting, "he buffalo" be leads out have people shading parasols and flag dance two sides. When two "he buffalo" way each other 20 m, people pimp quickly withdraw "scarring" for buffalo then expeditiously escape out outside ring fighting. Two buffalo tuberculosis into each other with speed horrible, two pair of horns dam into together appealed noisy ... In that manner, two buffalo strictly symmetrical drastic between loud shouts rang get up of thousands audience.
End festival Buffalo fighting child wins do a procession Prize about family do sacrificial ceremony god. Everyone citizens are according, mores of each locality, these buffalo participate fighting, though wins, though loser, are must kill meat. Retrieved a bowl of weather the same a little hairy of buffalo (mao blood) to worshiping god, then pour down ponds to farewell god. Everybody people along eating blesses.
Communications that, follows when eat meat child buffalo winner, every person will met be lucky, special is those people go sea
Mid Autumn is a special Festival in some countries of Asia in general and VietNam in particular. In fact, Mid Autumn is festival which intended for children. In VietNam, this festival springs from legend : The moon and a kid. The legend explains how the moon is shinest in mid autumn and why people see a banian tree and a kid on the moon. The moon is called Sister Moon and the kid is Cuoi.
Mid Autumn begins from 14 to 15 August, in Vietnamese lunar calendar. In these day, children are going to pick the lantern up and go around streets or towns. Children will be given gifts such as pie, candy, star lantern... They will be seen lion dance or musical concert. Almost children are really into seeing lion dance and follow it that go everywhere. Some children bring a small torch that includes oil and rag to burn. And others bring clarinet and drum to make the festival more eventful.
However, Mid Autumn festival is also festival for business. The streets have many stores that sale pie, cake. This is occasion that many people present cake each other. Pie mid autumn is a kind of special cake that is only in mid autumn festival. There are many kind of pies such as soft cake, pie with egg , hog pie, croissant… The Pie mid autumn have special taste. It is sweet smeeling and very delicious. Almost VietNamese people love pie mid autumn and buy it for family.
Mid Autumn festival became a tradition festival in VietNam. It is a part of Vietnamese culture. Anyone who grown up in VietNam, is regular knowing and joining in this festival.
I used to attend the Tet Holiday Flower festival. It’s called Nguyen Hue Flower street Festival. It is held in Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. It takes place every Tet Holiday for 1 week. It is celebrated by Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee. They display and decorate the street with many kinds of flowers and lights. Many people come there to enjoy the beautiful flowers and take pictures.
Six years ago, I attended a very big festival in Ha Noi. It's called 1000th Anniversary of Thang Long - Ha Noi Festival. There are a lot of activities in this festival such as fireworks display, military parade, music performances, ect. It was organized very splendidly because the organizers are the Viet Nam government. Millions of people came to Ha Noi to participate in this great festival. It was held for ten days from October 1st 2015 to October 10th 2015. I saw lots of fireworks, parties, parades during these days. It was interesting. I took so many pictures on this festival because there were plenty of beautiful scenes. We organized this great festival to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Ha Noi.
