Long Tong Festival of the Tay
5th or 15th of the 1st lunar month. The Long Tong Festival is held in the fields near the village. The centre of the festival is the con tree (cloth-ball tree).
It is the most specific activity of the Tay people. It reflects the desire to have good crops, health, as well as many children and grandchildren. The ceremony involves solemn rituals, such as staging a procession for the Water, worshipping ceremonies to the Village Deity, the Stream Deity and the Mountain Deity, and worshipping the con tree.
There are many merry games such as nem con (a game in which boys and girls throw cloth balls), tug-of-wars, playing cockfights by banana flowers, and buffalo fights by asparagus. Boys and girls come to the festival to folk dance, sing love songs, and make friends.
Also see:
- Worshipping Forest Festival in Lao Cai
- Folk Dances of the Xa Pho in Sa Pa
- Sapa town celebrates 110th anniversary
- Nhan Song and Nao Song Festival in Giang Ta Chai
- Gau Tao Festival of the H’mong in Sapa
- Tet Nhay Festival in Ta Van Sapa
- Nao Cong Festival in Ta Van Sapa
- Quet Lang Festival of Xa Pho ethnic group in Sapa
- Spring Mountain Festival Sapa
