Yen Bai - This morning - February 27 (January 30, At Ty year), in the sacred forests of Na Hau commune, Van Yen district, the Forest Worshiping ceremony took place simultaneously. This is the biggest and most important traditional ceremony of the year for the Mong people of Na Hau commune.
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Attending to encourage and share joy with Mong people in Na Hau commune were comrade Tran Huy Tuan - Secretary of Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee; leaders of some departments and branches of the province; leaders of Van Yen district along with many people and tourists.
The forest worship ceremony contains the belief of worshiping the Forest God of the Mong people that has been passed down through many generations. In all villages of Na Hau commune, there is a forbidden forest - a sacred forest located in the most beautiful location of the village, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converges to worship the Forest God with "inviolable" regulations. Keeping the forest lush is also keeping the villagers peaceful and prosperous. Therefore, every year on the last day of January (Lunar calendar), the villages in Na Hau commune gather in the "forbidden forest, sacred forest" of the village to organize the Forest God worship ceremony.
Provincial Party Secretary Tran Huy Tuan attended and shared joy with the people of Na Hau, Van Yen district.
This is the most important traditional ritual of the Mong people, to pray that the Forest God will bring a prosperous life to the villagers. The Forest Worship Ceremony is also an opportunity for the locals to summarize and evaluate the results of forest care and protection in the old year and to plan for forest protection for the whole year.
The forest worship festival begins with the procession of offerings to the forbidden forest. On the stone altar placed under the largest tree are offerings to the forest god including: a white-feathered rooster, a black-feathered hen, a black pig carried by 6 unmarried Mong youths from the commune center to the forest gate, wine, incense, paper... to offer to the forest god. The shaman performs the ceremony by burning 48 incense sticks, pouring wine, and placing sticky rice at the 4 corners of the altar, then blowing a trumpet and beating a wooden fish to begin the ceremony. The ceremony is divided into two parts: live offerings and nine offerings, praying for favorable weather, economic development, forest protection, and no forest destruction or exploitation.
The shaman performs a forest worship ceremony at the base of an ancient Tau tree.
After the Forest Worship Ceremony, according to Mong people's custom, all villages in Na Hau commune close the forest for 3 days to thank the Forest God. During these 3 days, everyone strictly follows the taboos prescribed by customary law.
Forest Tet has become a long-standing custom for the Mong people here to remember their roots, remind each other to join hands to build a prosperous and safe life in the middle of the vast green forest. This is also an opportunity for each local and tourist to appreciate each tree, each forest and educate awareness of environmental protection, building a "green, harmonious, unique and happy" life.
Thu Trang - Duc Toan
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