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Phu Day Festival

Observances

The Phu Day Festival is the principal annual observance of Dao Mau, held at the Phu Day temples in Nam Dinh Province. UNESCO's 2016 inscription of the Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms names the Phu Day Festival specifically as a major gathering, when communities travel to the temples for ceremonial worship of Lieu Hanh and the wider Mother Goddess pantheon. Len Dong, the possession ceremony in which mediums receive a sequence of spirits, each announced by a costume change and accompanied by chau van singing, is performed intensively during the festival period.

Facts
Status
UNESCO Intangible Heritage
Inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 1
Named as a major observance within the practices inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016.
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Origins
Place of Origin
Phu Day, Van Cat village, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam 1
Connections

Associated With

Lieu Hanh, Deities

This source names Lieu Hanh directly: "the temples for ceremonial worship of Lieu Hanh and the wider Mother Goddess pantheon."

Source Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The Mother, Deities

This source names The Mother directly: "Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms names the Phu Day Festival specifically as a major gathering, when communities travel to the temples for ceremonial worship of..."

Source Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Belongs to Tradition

Dao Mau (Vietnamese Mother Goddess Religion), Religions
Source Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Originated In

Vietnam, Countries
Source Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Sources
1. Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, 2016Originated In: Vietnam, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Phu Day, Van Cat village, Nam Dinh Province, VietnamView the Source
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