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In the Tay - Nung culture, "the full moon of the seventh month" is one of three most important festivals, even more important than the Lunar New Year and New Year 3/3 for many people. In the article below, we will learn about this exceptional New Year's Day as well as the interesting activities of the Full Moon Festival in July.
About the Full Moon Festival in July
Every year in the 7th lunar month, the Tay people in all villages of Bac Kan get eager to prepare for the Full Moon Festival in July, their second biggest Tet after the Lunar New Year. (The Tay people call it Tet Slip slí).
The Tay people will celebrate the Full Moon Festival in July, in addition to the meaning of worshiping ancestors and spirits, on the Kinh people's Day of Amnesty for the Dead (Vu Lan New Year). This is also a time for family members and clans to congregate, as well as for children to express their thanks and filial piety to their parents.
Full Moon Festival
The July full moon is an opportunity for people in the Cao - North - Lang region to recall the souls of the warriors of the insurgent army Nung Chi Cao - a Tay ethnic group hero who lived in the 11th century under the Ly Dynasty. Nung Tri Cao was the son of a local leader who had been educated by the Ly court, assigned the right to govern and protect the northern border of the country against the invasion of the Song Dynasty in the North.
Activities on the Full Moon Day of July
On this day, the Tay people will set aside all other labor and focus solely on Tet preparations. The market is usually busier than usual on the day before Tet, with typical things such as green beans, cake leaves, forest bananas... and duck meat, which is an obligatory dish for the Tay people on the full moon day of July.
To honor ancestors, the Tay people of Bac Kan prepare meals such as fish cake with ginger leaves, "Peng Tai" cake, duck meat, fresh vermicelli... on the full moon day of July and make offerings to the spirits in order to wish all family members and clans health and peace.
The method for producing Peng Tai cake is identical to the method for making Kinh gai cake. The cake is made with the most aromatic glutinous rice flour, chopped wild banana or hemp leaves, and completely cooked. Heat fresh forest banana leaves until soft, then place two round cakes with a cup coiled into the same leaf. When the cake is finished, it will be offered to the ancestors, and the remainder will be hung on a pole to be consumed gradually. There is also banh chung (also known as Peng Ho) on the full moon of the seventh month of the Tay. Banh Chung of the Tay people is wrapped with wild dong leaves, filled with carp, and fresh ginger leaves. In addition to Peng Ho, Peng Tai, making vermicelli ..., the Full Moon Festival in July, Dong Bao Tay also eats duck meat. The most delicious and fattest ducks will be slaughtered to offer to their ancestors, and to the land... to pray for good luck and good things to come to the family.
Full Moon Festival
The Tay ethnic group also have a ritual during these festivals: the son-in-law of the family will bring a pair of ducks to gift to his parents-in-law to show his thanks and filial piety, as well as respect for the man who nurtured his wife. On the 14th and 15th of July, members of the extended family will assemble for a reunion lunch. This is a rich cultural trait of the Tay people, demonstrating children's devotion, love, attachment, and filial piety for their parents.
Visitors from all over the world will be able to immerse themselves in the warm and happy environment of the inhabitants in the Tay villages of Bac Kan during the full moon days of July. Guests from all over the world will sit and eat typical dishes of the mountains and forests of Bac Kan such as bamboo shoots stuffed with meat, duck meat with bamboo shoots, fish fillings...
Over time, the Tay people's Full Moon Festival in July in Bac Kan has preserved the traditional beauty of the past. This is one of the Tay people's most distinctive cultural characteristics that must be conserved, preserved, and encouraged.
Full Moon Festival
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