Dear Alice,
I feel so great when receiving your letter. I know a little bit about Easter. However, I have never joined a real one. I live in Bac Ninh, a province in the north of Vietnam. There are many festivals in my hometown.Here, the festivals don’t have any decorated eggs but they are really exciting. Festivals are often held from the middle of January to the end of February in the Lunar Year. Each festival usually lasts for 3 days. The second day is the main day of the festival.
There are some traditional rituals. On the first day of the festival, the elders begin the ritual to open the festival. The sound of gongs, drums resounds throughout the region. On the second day, people who have been selected to participate in the procession have to present early in the morning. The procession starts from the place of God of our village to Nghe area. At the end of the last day, the elders make some rituals to end this festival.
Besides traditional rituals, there are many folk games and activities which are often held on the main day of the festival. The first game is often catching ducks in a pond. The organizers will put a duck down the pond each time and the participants will jump in the pond and try to catch it first. This festival, my father participated in catching ducks. He caught two out of five ducks. How amazing it was! The second game is wrestling. I was not really keen on it; therefore, I joined the pot breaking game. I couldn't break any pots, but I was still so happy. The most exciting activity is ''Quan Ho'' singing. All members in my family is crazy about it.Besides those activities, the festival also includes other games such as swinging, blind man's bluff, and playing human chess.
I think that traditional festivals are extremely important. They preserve local customs and many traditional activities. If you have chance to visit Vietnam in this season of festivals, I am sure that you will like them.
Write me soon.
Yours sincerely,
An Khanh
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Mid_Autumn festival is one of the popular celebrations in the Viet Nam. Every year,it's on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It's organized so that people celebrate the largest full moon in the year. In that festival, children wear masks, parade on the street have parties with special cakes and lots of fruits.
I feel happy when taking part in it because it makes me exited and helps me remember about my childish
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