Offering rites of the Việt Bắc (northern uplands) cultural region
Culture and belief A record of custom.
The rites
- Lễ cầu mưa, tạ mưa, cầu tạnh (rain-praying, rain-thanking, and rain-stopping ceremonies)When there is drought or by the yearly custom at the start of the planting season: the Thái in Mộc Châu on the full moon of the second lunar month, the Black Lô Lô in the third lunar month, the Gia-rai in the fourth and fifth months
- Lễ Lồng tồng (Lồng tồng festival, going down to the fields) of the Tày and Nùng peoplesFirst lunar month, from the 4th to the 25th depending on the locality
- Lễ cấp sắc (ordination rite) of the Dao peopleFrom the eleventh lunar month to the first lunar month
- Then ritual of the Tày, Nùng, Thái peoplesAccording to the household's needs; lẩu Then and Then Kin Pang in spring
- Lễ giải hạn đầu năm (year-beginning rite to ward off misfortune) of the Tày and Nùng peoplesAfter Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year), from the first lunar month to the beginning of the second lunar month
- Lễ cúng hồn trâu (buffalo soul offering rite) of the Tày and Nùng peopleThe 6th day of the 6th lunar month (Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn); full moon of the seventh lunar month (Nghĩa Đô, Lào Cai)