Traditional festival of Thach Khoan Communal House in the year of At Ty 2025

On February 21-22 (January 24-25), Thach Khoan commune, Thanh Son district organized the traditional festival of Thach Khoan communal house in the year of At Ty 2025 .

The village elders perform the sacrificial ceremony.

Thach Khoan Communal House is a national historical and cultural relic with architecture, sculpture, and decorative art bearing the appearance and style of ancient communal houses in the Northern midlands. This is an ancient communal house of the Muong ethnic group - a place to worship Tan Vien Son Thanh - who is considered a typical image in the cause of building and defending the country of our people, along with three princesses, daughters of King Hung and General Dinh Cong Moc, and four local chieftains of the Dinh family, Dinh Cong Moc, Dinh Cong Tot, Dinh Cong Nha, Dinh Cong Thai - people of Thach Khoan village who had the merit of repelling the Ming invaders in the 15th century to protect the villagers.

The celebrant prepares the offerings.

Read the wishes to express gratitude to the ancestors

Thach Khoan Communal House Festival is a traditional festival, imbued with the identity and cultural beauty of the Muong people of the Ancestral Land, organized according to traditional rituals with full ceremony and festival parts.

Gong performance in festival

Locals and tourists participate in the Blindfolded Pot Smashing Game.

Women's volleyball competition between residential areas

After the procession and the sacrificial ceremony, the festival takes place with many cultural activities and folk games such as: Gong performance, stabbing, dancing, folk games, swinging, blindfolded pot smashing, blindfolded pig catching, crossbow shooting, volleyball competition, cultural exchange and cultural camp of residential areas...

Phuong Thanh

Source: https://baophutho.vn/le-hoi-truyen-thong-dinh-thach-khoan-nam-at-ty-2025-228295.htm