Ethnic Culture Festivals

Overview of Ethnic Culture Festivals in Dalat Lam Dong

Dalat – Lamdong is the land inhabited by several people from some nations such as: Vietnamese, Chinese,… especially local ones including the Lach, the Chil, the S’re, the Churu and so on. These ethnic minorities have constructed their own distinctive cultural identities that enriched the treasure of Viet Nam culture in terms of cultural festivals and rituals including Saropu festival(Buffalo – stabbing festival), worship ceremony on new rice crop, culture festival of Gong performance, God thanksgiving ceremony… additionally the local people have still developed traditional vocations such as: brocade weaving, jute mate weaving, jug wine production and so forth. Annually in the season of festival, local minorities organize traditional festivals and ritual ceremonies attracting a large number of domestic and foreign visitor to observe and join.