Doan Ngo is one of Vietnam’s major traditional festivals, celebrated annually on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. It is also known as "Doan Duong" or the "Pest Killing Festival." Although not associated with any particular deity, the festival holds deep spiritual significance in the Vietnamese people's life. People make offerings to their ancestors and traditional deities, using simple items such as fermented sticky rice (ruou nep), "ash cake" (banh tro), summer fruits, incense, tea, and flowers.
An ancient ritual was recently re-enacted at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi as part of celebrations of the Doan Ngo Festival, which takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Doan Ngo Festival, commonly called “Tet giet sau bo” (pest-killing festival), on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is one of the many traditional customs of Vietnamese people, and it falls on June 3 this year.
An ancient ritual was reproduced on June 1 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi as part of the celebration of the Doan Ngo Festival (which take place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Nhan dan newspaper reported.
A programme offering a series of traditional cultural activities began at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on May 24 to celebrate the Doan Ngo festival and International Children’s Day (June 1).
