Time: 20th to the 23rd day of the third lunar month.
Place: Vinh Phuoc Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.
Objects of worship: The Goddess of the Region (the Cham).
Characteristics: Rites: washing statue and clothes changing, offering dance to Goddess, ghe racing, boi singing at night.
The
Po Nagar Festival is biggest religious festival in the region, is held
at Po Nagar Tower which located on the hill near the mouth of Cai
River, north of Nha Trang City. The festival is organize to commemorate
the Mother of the Region who according to Cham legends, created the
homeland, maintained race, discoved rice tree, taught people how to
cultivate. The Goddess of the Cham had become the Goddess of the
Vietnamese inhabitants .The festival involves the singing and dancing
to welcome people, stage performance and many fun games take place
joyfully in the front of the main temple.
Author: vietnamtourism.com
