Then Kin Pang Festival - Honoring Then Masters of the Thai People in Lai Chau
The Then Kin Pang Festival of the Thai people in Lai Chau honors Then masters and features solemn rituals plus folk games, held since 2000.
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What is the Kin Pang Then ceremony?
Kin Pang Then is the spring-opening ceremony of the White Thai people, held by Then masters to meet their adopted children who come to give thanks and celebrate the Then destiny. The name of the ceremony is made up of three Thai words: Kin means to eat, to celebrate; Pang means ceremony, the people attending the ceremony; Then refers to the deities of Mường Trời.
From the article “The Kin Pang Then Festival of the White Thai: An Early-Spring Rite of Then Practitioners”
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