KIM NÊ VILLAGE FESTIVAL
Introduction
Kim Nê Communal House currently worships three Great Kings: Trung Dũng, Lý Đống, and another one whose name has long been lost. Today, the local people still maintain worship of these deities and six royal edicts from various dynasties. Every year, the people still maintain ceremonies, incense offerings, festive occasions, death anniversaries, and hold the festival to commemorate the village's tutelary deities.
The Kim Nê Village Festival is currently prescribed to be held once every five years, over two days, from the 8th to the 9th day of the first lunar month. Before 2015, it was held regularly once every three years, but after 2015 it has been every five years. In festival years, the village still maintains the deity offering ceremony.
Rituals: ceremony, incense offering, and palanquin procession
The village holds the festival and organizes folk games such as tug of war, swings, etc. On this day, the village holds a communal feast to celebrate the village festival. The people and families in the village all prepare offerings to present to the deities, praying for blessings and peace. The offerings mainly include fruit, cakes and candy, oản cakes and bananas, etc.
