On March 9, 2021, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No. 827/QD-BVHTTDL announcing the Traditional Festival - Rice Cooking Competition of Thi Cam village on the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
People and tourists crowded together to fill the communal house yard to watch the festival. 
Members perform a ritual before holding the rice cooking contest. 
The competition still maintains the method of making fire by weaving straw and "pulling fire".
According to the rules, the team that makes smoke and creates fire first will win this round and use this fire to cook rice.
Meanwhile, the rice grains were pounded by the teams using wooden pestles and stone mortars.
The 10 people participating in the competition must coordinate very smoothly and skillfully.
The fire is lit and water is boiled waiting for the rice to be clean.
After the rice boils, the teams usually cover it with straw ash for about 20 minutes to cook the rice evenly.
In addition to the piles of ash to bury the rice pot, the teams also burned many fake piles of ash inside without the rice pot to extend the incubation time. 
The judges walked around the yard, using bamboo sticks to poke through each pile of straw to find the rice pots. 
The first pot of rice was found in the ashes burned in the middle of the courtyard of Thi Cam communal house. 
The rice was brought to the village temple to be judged publicly in front of the villagers and members of the participating teams.
Bowls of fragrant, evenly-grained white rice are offered to the village's tutelary god.
Le Phu/Tin Tuc Newspaper
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