Ma and S'tieng ethnic people celebrates “Welcome the New rice” Festival
- Wednesday - 20/07/2011 06:14
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On January 15, Ma and S'tieng ethnic people celebrated a festival to welcome the new rice at the cultural house of Vietnamese ethnic groups in Ta Lai commune (Tan Phu district).
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Reportedly, the festival this year was hosted by Ma ethnic people, so the team of drums and gongs played by Ma people had to welcome the team of drums and gongs by S'tieng people before the festival officially started. The festival solemnly took place with full of sacrifices, in which the buffalo-stabbing ritual was held in the traditional manner.
After the ritual worship was finished, the festive entertainment began including folk games, traditional music performances, chatting and exchanging news of production among teams of drums and gongs in Bon Go (Thanh Son commune) and La U (Phu Binh commune).
Source: Dong Nai Newspaper, Translated by Minh Minh