Villagers surrounded the festival to watch young men dance "the whore playing the gong"

Hanoi - On February 6 (the 9th day of the first lunar month), the traditional festival of Trieu Khuc village took place to commemorate the national hero Bo Cai Dai Vuong Phung Hung.

This festival is also the cradle of the dance "Con dy danh bong" - one of the 10 ancient dances of ancient Thang Long land, reserved for men only. This year's festival celebrates the 1244th anniversary of the day Saint Phung Hung ascended the throne, attracting a large number of local people and tourists to attend. The annual festival takes place in early spring in Trieu Khuc village, Tan Trieu commune, Thanh Tri district.

The Trieu Khuc village festival originated from the story of King Phung Hung's uprising to drive out the Tang invaders. To celebrate each victory and to encourage the army, King Phung had his soldiers dress up as women, wearing drums to dance and sing. Since then, to commemorate his merits, the villagers have organized a procession of Thanh Hoang every spring, which includes the typical dance "con viet danh bong" (prostitute playing bong) performed by the young men of the village.

The festival has existed for many years with many ancient rituals, starting with a palanquin procession to show respect of the Trieu Khuc people to Bo Cai Dai Vuong Phung Hung.

The general holding the silver sword walked in front of the palanquin carrying King Phung Hung.

Two teams of six girls.

Many dragon dances, lion dances, and cultural performances were performed at the festival. The most important of these was the “con dy danh bong” (prostitute playing the bong drum) dance.

The dance performed by the Trieu Khuc boys has remained unchanged over time. Each dance team must have at least 6 “whores”, who are single men, handsome, obedient, and from good families.

The boys put on makeup and lipstick to pretend to be girls. Their dancing movements must be graceful and soft, yet also free and flexible, and no less powerful.

This year, there are 10 dancing couples participating in the festival.

People excitedly watched the procession of Bo Cai Dai Vuong. After the dance, people will carry Bo Cai Dai Vuong Phung Hung's palanquin back to the village communal house.

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