On the night of September 26, a ceremony was held to receive the Certificate of Registration for the Fire Dancing Ceremony of the Pa Then people in Tuyen Quang.

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province in 2023, the sector has inventoried intangible cultural heritage in the province with 16 ethnic groups. Accordingly, there are currently 425 heritages in the whole province. The sector also inventoried 40 typical intangible cultural heritages of ethnic minorities in the province; compiled a dossier of intangible cultural heritage to submit to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In early June 2023, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism certified 4 intangible cultural heritages of Tuyen Quang province to the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, bringing the total number of national intangible cultural heritages of the province to 16 heritages.

Special images of the Fire Dancing festival of the Pa Then people in Lam Binh district.

Among these, the Fire Dancing Festival of the Pa Then people was recognized for the second time as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, for the Pa Then community in Hong Quang commune, Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang province.

The Pa Then people in Tuyen Quang mainly reside in Thuong Minh village, Hong Quang commune (Lam Binh) and Linh Phu commune (Chiem Hoa), with about 700 people. When mentioning the Pa Then people, people mention the fire dancing ceremony and vice versa. The fire dancing ceremony of the people usually takes place during the off-season, when all the farming work is finished, around October 16 of the previous lunar year to January 16 of the following lunar year. The ceremony is held in a large yard in the village and is divided into two parts, the offering before sunset takes place for about 3-4 hours and the fire dancing after dark takes place for about 1 hour.

The first part is the shaman inviting the gods to participate in the ceremony and enter the students. The second part is the fire jumping ritual, a large fire has been lit and burned into red hot coals. The participants will take turns jumping into the pile of hot coals, using both their hands and bare feet to break the fire until it dies out. The most mysterious thing about the fire jumping ceremony is that the Pa Then boys bravely jump barefoot on hot coals without getting burned.

The fire dancing ceremony has its own identity of the Pa Then community, has a strong and profound impact on the spiritual life, on the shaping of the soul and character of the Pa Then people, demonstrating the extraordinary strength of people who dare to face difficulties, challenges, and chase away bad luck. Lam Binh district is the earliest locality in the province to organize the reception of the registration certificate on September 26.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/dem-26-9-to-chuc-le-don-nhan-bang-ghi-danh-le-nhay-lua-cua-nguoi-pa-then-o-tuyen-quang-192230926151030608.htm