Special sticky rice festival in ancient village on the banks of the Red River

Every year, on the 8th of January, the people of Phu Gia village (in Phu Thuong ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi) hold a sticky rice festival to honor the village's traditional profession.

Starting from 2017, the local community and government have agreed to organize the Sticky Rice Festival at Phu Gia Communal House during the Village Festival on the 8th day of the first lunar month to commemorate the merits of the Khai Nguyen god and at the same time, it is an opportunity for Phu Thuong people who have settled far away to return, honor the traditional profession, and offer sticky and fragrant sticky rice trays crystallized from the quintessence of heaven and earth along with the creative talents of people to the village's tutelary god with the wish for a new spring of prosperity and happiness.

Sticky rice baskets were brought to the communal house yard to prepare for the ceremony.

Dong leaves are also washed and ready to serve visitors.

Every year, villagers hold a sticky rice cooking contest and offer large, beautiful trays of sticky rice, the crystallization of the quintessence of heaven and earth, along with human creativity, to the village's tutelary god with the wish for a new spring of peace and prosperity.

The sticky rice trays are shaped into communal house roofs, dikes and vast green lawns, just like the thousand-year-old village on the Red River. According to the elders, Phu Thuong currently has 3 artisans and about 600 families making sticky rice, along with a retail "system" of hundreds of people in the village, bringing the aroma of Phu Thuong sticky rice to every corner of Hanoi. The lifelong sticky rice burden of mothers and sisters not only helps each family in the old Ga village overcome famine, but today Phu Thuong sticky rice also helps people get rich, becoming a commodity of high economic value, bringing benefits to the people and the locality.

Tourists take photos at the traditional festival in Phu Thuong village.

“To cook these unique raspberries, we started the fire early in the morning. Each raspberry contains our love for the land, people and traditional craft of Phu Thuong village,” said Ha Huyen.

Competition products at Phu Thuong traditional sticky rice festival.

The artisans' careful hands with traditional sticky rice dishes.

Phu Gia villagers offer sticky rice and offerings to the village's tutelary god, praying for a new year of peace, prosperity and favorable weather.

Capture the beautiful moments of early spring…

A sticky rice stall in early spring…

Offering sticky rice to the village's tutelary god to show respect.

This year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially included Phu Thuong sticky rice making in the list of national intangible cultural heritage.

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