Customs & Tet holiday
The worship of ancestors has become a long tradition of some ethnic communities in Viet Nam. Through the process of cultural exchange, the worship of ancestors of Vietnamese has effect the custom of worship Khmer grandparent’s in Kien Giang.
* The concept about grandparents ( Don Ta ) ancestors of Khmer in Kien Giang
Who are the ancestors?
The Khmer call grandparents are “ Dol Ta”. “ Dol” mean grandmother,”Ta” mean grandfather. They concept Dol Ta are people in the family, Chua Bua (ancestry), ancestor, predecessor, deceased,…it’s similar to the concept ancestor of Vietnamese.
Grandparents are the people who were born generations, because of blood relationship so had love, protect and mutual care… They usually teach the right things as well as experiences for their children. The childrens always respected, obeyed, health care and gratitude grandparents…
Going to Tet is another beauty in Kien Giang custom. The meaning of it is to present gifts on the occasion of Spring, Tet.
Who has what is precious and meaningful to give it. Mainly also agricultural products, food harvested after the last season. The most popular gift is pancakes and fried pancakes. These are homemade food items (glutinous rice, beans, bananas, pork, ..) home-grown. Everybody pound cake, wrapping and baking bread. In the cold air of the winter season, the whole family gathered around the kitchen with a fire of roses made of wood, cooking the cake very happy. Often the children can’t wait until the cake is cooked, but only the woman in the house stays awake all night to watch the fire and add water until it is removed. Early the next morning, the house also gave the cake to the basket to bring to relatives, relatives, friends. Every house.
In addition to bread, people also go to other products such as fish (the fish has just finished shooting), dry (mainly dried fish chunks, which can be used as a drink with wine, but also used drink with tea), ...
Culture & Festival
Festival
Kien Giang is a land of diverse terrain and rich in cultural heritage. The province has more than 360 worship facilities, 38 scenic spots - historical cultural relics are ranked. At present, the province has 389 festivals, including 235 religious festivals, 91 folk festivals, 62 revolutionary historical festivals and other festivals. Particularly, there are 8 typical festivals attracting thousands of visitors in Kien Giang.
Nguyen Trung Truc, the national hero whose name is associated with the resounding feats, has entered the heroic scene: the burning of the Esperance on the Japanese algae in 1861 and the first destruction of the fort. Head of the French invaders in Rach Gia town in 1868
For many years, every Lunar New Year, full moon in January each year, in Mac Cuu Tomb, Ha Tien again organized the Festival celebrated Tao Chieu Anh The. In the spring of 1736, in the ancient town of Ha Tien, Admiral Admiral Mac Thien Tich, Si Lan, along with 32 talented contemporary artists set up Tao Dan Chieu Anh
The Ooc-om-bok festival, also known as the moon festival, is held unified on the 15th night of the lunar calendar. The offerings in the festival are flat rice, sweet potato, beans, coconut ... Buddhist compatriots gathered around the main hall, wait until the moon to the top people are vowing to remember the merits of moon.
On June 10th, the annual calendar, at Tower 4, is located in Vinh Hoa Hiep Commune, Chau Thanh District. The monks in different parts of the province focus on carrying out the ceremony to pray for four Khmer monks : Danh Hung, Danh Hom, Danh Tep, Danh Hoi. The four monks sacrificed heroically during the anti-American riot and the henchmen in 1974 in Rach Gia.
The night of January 8th is the opening ceremony of the festival to serve the public in the province.
Hung Vuong Death anniversary festival on 10-3 lunar month officially became the National Day, the big festival brings together the community of ethnic Vietnamese Na m. In Kien Giang, every year on March 10, tens of thousands of children are living, learning, working in Kien Giang and other provinces in the region converge on Tan Hiep to offer an incense stick honor Hung King.
It has become a tradition every year, Ha Tien are celebrating the anniversary of the death of Mac Cuu, who has a career in exploring the land of Ha Tien more than 300 years ago. At the beginning of the 18th century, Mac Cuu on the way of exile, he arrived in Ha Tien, also known as Phuong Thanh, a land with a favorable trading position, charming landscape. He decided to stop here and start the open land.
The anniversary of the death of AHLLTT People's Congress Phan Thi Rang will take place from the 7th to the 9th of January in the historic district of Hon Dat. The festival will take place in two days 07-08 / 01, with many activities such as: art performances of art troupes, exams "History of Hon Dat Kien Giang" and "heroine martyr Phan Thi Rang "; fair; Photo gallery; Film reportage on Hon Dat; talkshow; Folk games; Volleyball, Vietnamese and cattle racing ...
Nghinh Ong Festival is a beautiful cultural character of the land people of Ko Son Hai island solemnly held on 15-16 October (lunar calendar) to express gratitude, Support of fish and his predecessors have merit to open land. The worship of fishes He is the cultural characteristics typical of coastal residents. The ceremony of worshiping fish in Lai Son survived more than 100 years. This is also the type of festival for fishermen, bridges for good weather, good for the sea, and a chance to summ
Culture
Kien Giang is a coastal province in the Mekong Delta, located in the southwest of Vietnam, in which territory consists of land and islands. Kien Giang is a cross-cultural area of ​​many regions of the country, creating a variety of cultural identity. Due to it’s location in the cross-cultural area of ​​Kien Giang, the cultural identity of Kien Giang is so rich and varied, reflected in the fields of literature, art, cuisine and festivals. , Traditional trade villages ... According to statistics in the province of Kien Giang there are 49 monuments, including some outstanding monuments can be referred to as Tam Bao Pagoda, the revolutionary relic Hon Dat, relics U Minh Thuong, Phu Quoc Prison, Thien Hau Pagoda, Quan Thanh De Temple ... Every year in the province there are many festivals, especially the national hero Nguyen Trung Truc festival took place on August lunar month. In Kien Giang, traditional handicraft villages are very special, such as knit cushion, weaving Ta Nien matting, Hon Dat pots, making handicrafts by tortoise, making bean in Ha Tien.