Unique forest worshipping ceremony in Na Hau commune
- Thursday, February 23, 2023
YBO - It is a long-standing custom that on the last day of the first lunar month, the Mong ethnic people in Na Hau commune of Van Yen district, Yen Bai province, holds the “Cung rung” (forest worshipping) ceremony, the biggest traditional and also most important one in a year of local residents, to pray to the Forest God for well-being and prosperity.
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An area for the forest worshipping ceremony in Na Hau commune.
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