Mun Wave Festival 2025

On the morning of March 1, in Quang Duc commune, Hai Ha district, the 2025 Song Mun Festival took place and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the Decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the list of national intangible cultural heritage for the "Cultivation Ceremony of the Dao Thanh Y people".

Representatives of localities in the province presented flowers to congratulate the festival.

The traditional Song Mun Festival is held at the beginning of the new year in the villages of the Dao Thanh Y ethnic group in Hai Ha district. This year, the festival is held on March 1 and 2 with many traditional rituals praying for peace and luck through the gathering, solidarity, joint efforts, and contributions of the villagers; sending the most prestigious representative of the village to the village temple to worship, pray for peace, luck, favorable weather, bountiful harvests, and a harmonious and happy life.

Artists participate in the hair consultation contest for Thanh Y Dao girls.

The festival takes place with many attractive activities such as: Highland market, folk art club festival, Dao Thanh Y women's hairdressing contest, ethnic cuisine contest, ethnic costume performance contest, pandan leaf cake wrapping contest, leaf trumpet playing contest, antiphonal singing, bamboo pole dancing. Along with that are competitions in traditional sports : Stick pushing, Tug of war for ethnic minority women and bridge crossing games, blindfolded duck catching, throwing cones...

Many performances imbued with the cultural identity of the Dao Thanh Y people were performed on stage.

This year's Song Mun Festival is associated with the ceremony to receive the National Intangible Cultural Heritage for the social custom of the Dao Thanh Y. For a long time, the Coming of Age Ceremony has been a unique social custom created and preserved by the Dao Thanh Y for many generations.

Representatives of localities owning the social customary heritage of the Dao Thanh Y coming-of-age ceremony received the Decision recognizing it as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The coming of age ceremony, also known as the naming ceremony for Dao Thanh Y boys, is to register their names in the family tree before they are considered adults. The coming of age ceremony is always respected and preserved by the whole community, both expressing the beauty and cultural values, national spirit, expressing spiritual beliefs, and promoting the unique cultural identity of the Dao Thanh Y people, contributing to building an advanced culture, imbued with national identity. The coming of age ceremony of the Dao Thanh Y people in Quang Ninh province was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage on December 10, 2024.

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