Solemn incense offering and flag raising ceremony to open the traditional Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival 2024

In a solemn and respectful atmosphere, delegates offered incense and performed the flag-raising ceremony to open the festival... This is the opening ceremony for the Final Round of the 2024 Do Son Traditional Buffalo Fighting Festival with the wish for a festival season with favorable weather, and for the matches to take place safely, excitingly and attractively.

Delegates offered incense and performed the flag-raising ceremony to open the festival.

On this day, in addition to organizing incense offerings and flag raising at Nghe Temple and Nam Hai Dai Than Vuong Temple, at village communal houses - where buffaloes are fought - incense offering ceremonies are also held to open the festival.

After the incense offering and flag raising ceremony to open the festival, the Water Procession Ceremony will be held on September 9, 2024 at Nghe Temple, and the God Ceremony will be held on September 10, 2024 at Nghe Temple and the District Central Stadium.

Next, the Festival will take place from 7:30 a.m. on September 11, 2024 (ie August 9 of the Lunar calendar) at Do Son District Central Stadium with intense, fierce matches, beautiful, and powerful moves of the Buffaloes who have been carefully selected, cared for, and trained...

After 35 years, the management and organization of the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival has been constantly improved, increasing in scale and quality, while still preserving the folk elements and traditional cultural values left by our "ancestors".

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/hai-phong-trang-trong-le-dang-huong-thuong-co-khai-hoi-le-hoi-choi-trau-truyen-thong-do-son-2024-post310424.html