The festival began with the worshiping of the
Three Mountainous Saints at the shrine of Muong Thang (Dong Ngoai village);
worshipping ceremony at the tomb of Princess Le (Xuong Dau village); Procession
Ceremony from Muong Thang Shrine to the stadium of Dung Phong commune. Here,
when the gong and music ended, the Mo person slowly walked up to read the
request for permission to open the festival in Muong ethnic language.
After the traditional ceremony, in the
opening session, the organizers highlighted the meaning of the Festival,
outlined the achievements of socio-economic development of the district and
told the activities during the Festival. The organizers of the festival desired
that the committees and administrations from the district to the communes,
towns and local people who are far from the homeland, visitors always aim for
the source, continue to invest, embellish, preserve and manage the Cultural
relics and revolutional relics to promote more valuable historical-cultural
relics, contributing to the history of cultural and Revolutional tradition of
Muong Thang homeland, building Dung Phong commune to become a strong, civilized commune, and leading in
the movement to build new rural agricultural area.
Art Program celebrating Muong Thang Season
Opening Festival in the Year of the Dog 2018.
The art program is started with the
performance of the Muong gongs of nearly 200 actors who are gong artists and
mass performers, which recreated the history of the festival, flower garden
legend, Coi mountain and introduced typical cultural characteristics and
typical products of Cao Phong district.
At the festival, visitors can visit, enjoy
the booth displaying, introducing cultural products, cuisine of the communes,
towns in the district. Besides, at the Festival, there are also performances of
singing Ví, Đúm, Muong gongs; organizing sports tournaments, folk games;
exchanging art performances and performing ethnic costumes.
According to the plan, Muong Thang Season
Opening Festival in the Year of the Dog 2018 would be held until the end of the
morning of February 22 (the 7th of Lunar New Year).
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