Opening of 2024 Lam Chay Festival

Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee - Huynh Van Son visits the grave of patriot Do Tuong Tu

Lam Chay Festival is organized to pay tribute to national heroes and patriots. This is one of the major festivals of the province, a convergence of folk cultural beauty, imbued with community and village characteristics.

Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee - Huynh Van Son, Deputy Head of Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department - Huynh Van Thanh offers flowers at the Opening Ceremony of Lam Chay Festival

Tan Xuan communal house worships the Thanh Hoang God and the leaders in the anti-French armed movement at the end of the 19th century, including Mr. Do Tuong Phong and Do Tuong Tu.

When the French invaded Tam Vu, uprisings continuously arose but were brutally suppressed, many martyrs fell, including two patriots Do Tuong Tu and Do Tuong Phong.

Chairman of Chau Thanh District People's Committee - Nguyen Van Khai reviews the tradition of Lam Chay Festival

After the two heroes died, the French colonialists strictly prohibited funerals. With grief for the two patriots in particular as well as the martyrs who died for their country in general, the people of Tam Vu organized a worship ceremony in the form of an altar, praying for peace for the people. Later, people changed the name "Lam Trai Dan" to "Lam Chay".

Lam Chay Festival takes place from January 14 to 16 with many activities, attracting a large number of people and visitors from all over.

Lam Chay Festival is imbued with community culture and combines elements of religion, ethnicity, and folk beliefs. The festival demonstrates the determination to preserve and promote the traditional cultural and historical values of the Party Committee and people of Chau Thanh while arousing pride, patriotism, and heroic traditions in each person in the new era./.

By Staffs - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/khai-mac-le-hoi-lam-chay-2024-a171823.html