Thursday, December 15, 2011

Unique fire dance festival in Ha Giang


After import the oracle, the young man jumped into the dancing flames without burning or afraid. Fire festival of Pa Then jump in Ha Giang unique, bold mysterious, wild.

Ethnic Pa Then, there were over 5,000 people living mainly in two districts of northern Quang (Ha Giang) and Chiem Hoa (Tuyen Quang). There still remain many festivals and customs from the past to, including fire dancing festival.

Dance festival takes place on fire at any time, when the Pa Then people feel like, feel like the organization. When the cold weather at the time, work leisure; When the rice is happy season, when good news in this, the village gather together to speak up husband and wife married for the children, talking and future then Pa Then people jumped the fire festival organization.

The festival usually begins with the gods to worship. The offerings consist of a sacrifice with incense, a railway now, a chicken, 10 cups of wine, banknotes. A large fire was burning up and he started the ceremony mo. Time to celebrate last 1-2 hours before the festivities began.

When I type in now and do mo worship ceremony, each youth will sit facing oracles. After worshiping the divine oracles, Pa Then the young man as to the strength and courage than mystical, they can jump into a fire within 3 to 4 minutes, do not be afraid or feel something burning.


Those who stood around the fire dance festivals quanhchung eyes dilated with surprise. They were silent as mesmerized, watching the man repeatedly jumping on his bare feet glowing coal pile and then jumping out. Each young people rocking up gradually, then both you turn vibrate, bounce feet, who leaned over and started working on the fire. Glowing cloud of coal dust bounce things fiery hot coal, even for those who just jump into the fire jumped the fire jumped the red. It seems that god gave them the strange power to fire without burning their feet. They dance as if in a fit of love.

This festival is considered as new rice feast, beginning in mid-October and lasts through the lunar New Year. The festival is also considered a form of cultural activities and spiritual nature, demonstrating the extraordinary power of man to brave danger, driving away evil spirits, disease, celebrate a harvest crops just ended and for god bless prosperity.

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