Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened Ponagar Temple Festival 2015 at Ponagar Temple on May 9. Nguyen Tan Tuan, Permanent Deputy Secretary of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee, Head of the national assembly delegation of Khanh Hoa Province; Le Xuan Than, Deputy Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Council; Dao Cong Thien, Deputy Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Province attended the event.
Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened Ponagar Temple Festival 2015 at Ponagar Temple on May 9. Nguyen Tan Tuan - Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Head of the national assembly delegation of the province, Le Xuan Than - Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, Dao Cong Thien - Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Province attended the event.
This year’s Ponagar Temple Festival, a traditional festival to commemorate Lady Goddess Thien Y A Na, the land mother, takes place from May 9 to 11, joining by over 120 groups of pilgrims.
Ponagar Temple was recognized as a historic and cultural vestige at national level in 1979. At the end of 2012, the Ponagar Temple Festival was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
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| Organization board beating drum to open the festival. |
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| Performing Cham dances. |
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| Representatives coming to the temple to thurify. |
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| Groups of pilgrims attend the festival. |
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| Province’s leaders thurifying at the main temple. |
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| Representatives burning incense at the main temple. |
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| Pilgrims waiting to offer incense to the Goddess. |
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| Ponagar Temple Festival 2015 welcomes over 120 groups of pilgrims. |
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| Cham artisans making pottery. |
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| Commemorating Thien Y A Na Goddess, the land mother. |
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