These days, thousands of people in many places are pilgrimaging to Dai Dien Trung 1 Hamlet, Dien Dien Commune, Dien Khanh District, Khanh Hoa Province to join Am Chua Festival...
These days, thousands of people in many places are pilgrimaging to Dai Dien Trung 1 Hamlet, Dien Dien Commune, Dien Khanh District, Khanh Hoa Province to join Am Chua Festival.
Am Chua is an age-old cultural and historical vestige in Khanh Hoa Province. It worships Lady Goddess Thien Y A Na who is honored as Lady Goddess. According to the legend, this was place where the Goddess descended on earth and lived together with an old firewood couple in her childhood. There is a temple and statue of Lady Goddess dedicated here. With cultural and historical values, Am Chua Temple was recognized the national cultural and historical vestige by the Ministry of Culture & Information in 1999.
From the 1st to the 3rd day of the Third Lunar month every year, Am Chua holds a festival to commemorate the Lady Goddes’s credits. On this occasion, Am Chua is busy with clarinet and drum beat as well as flags and banners. It also is crowded with pilgrims who often take many kinds of offerings such as fruits and confectionary and burn incense to pray for peace and happiness.
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| Respectful thurification to Lady Goddess Thien Y A Na at Am Chua. |
Like other years, Am Chua Festival are welcoming a large number of pilgrims although the weather is very hot these days. The pilgrims may be Khanh Hoa Province’s residents, people from other provinces and even many foreign tourists.
The festival lasts three days with a lot of rites. Additionally, visitors can enjoy traditional arts performances which are original Champa dances, classical drama and some others.
Especially, traffic and electricity systems of Am Chua this year have been upgraded and the temple has been restored and embellished. Therefore, the festival this year is really successful. Many pilgrims praise that the festival’s organization this year is very professional and practical. Accommodations for away pilgrims also get a lot of compliments. The festival this year has attracted more than 100 crews of visitors.
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