The Cao Dai church in Tay Ninh on the night of the Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung (Photo: VNA) TayNinh (VNA) – Tens of thousands of visitors and local residents joined CaoDai followers at the “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”, the biggest festivalof the Cao Dai sect, in the southern province of Tay Ninh on September 29night.
The festival is a great religiousbanquet for the Great Mother and nine female immortals of the Dieu Tri Palace(Jasper Pond Palace) held annually on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
With the main activities including a procession, a five-fruit banquet offering,and prayer, this year, followers displayed 117 booths of fruits, musicalinstruments, and decorations, among others, to reenact the tales of thegoddesses.
In his remarks at the festival, Cardinal Thuong Tam Thanh, Head of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Cao Dai Church in Tay Ninh, thanked the Party and State forpaying attention to and creating favourable conditions for Cao Dai followers topractise their belief and live a happy and peaceful life.
He noted that in the past year, Cao Dai dignitaries and followers seriouslypractised their religion, act in compliance with the law, actively join charityactivities, and build a civilised lifestyle in residential areas.
Vice Chairman of the Tay Ninh People’s Committee Vo Duc Trongappreciated the activities of the local Cao Dai Church, saying it has supportedthe authorities in new-style rural building, charity work, and socio-economicdevelopment./.
The festival is a great religiousbanquet for the Great Mother and nine female immortals of the Dieu Tri Palace(Jasper Pond Palace) held annually on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
With the main activities including a procession, a five-fruit banquet offering,and prayer, this year, followers displayed 117 booths of fruits, musicalinstruments, and decorations, among others, to reenact the tales of thegoddesses.
In his remarks at the festival, Cardinal Thuong Tam Thanh, Head of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Cao Dai Church in Tay Ninh, thanked the Party and State forpaying attention to and creating favourable conditions for Cao Dai followers topractise their belief and live a happy and peaceful life.
He noted that in the past year, Cao Dai dignitaries and followers seriouslypractised their religion, act in compliance with the law, actively join charityactivities, and build a civilised lifestyle in residential areas.
Vice Chairman of the Tay Ninh People’s Committee Vo Duc Trongappreciated the activities of the local Cao Dai Church, saying it has supportedthe authorities in new-style rural building, charity work, and socio-economicdevelopment./.
VNA
