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Held on the full moon day of January every year. The worshiped characters are King Miêu Tĩnh (Mạc Thái Tổ), King Cao Quyết, Saint Cao Sơn - King Qúy Minh. Ná Nhèm Festival is associated with the legend of fighting the enemy to defend the village and the cultural activities, games, and performances of the Tày people, Trần yêncommune, Bắc Sơn district on the full moon day of the first lunar month. During the festival, the young men participating in the procession all smear their faces with black paint to distract the souls of the enemy, as well as to prevent epidemics and disasters. Therefore, the Ná Nhèm festival is called the black face festival by the Tày people. The performance includes 7 contents: Mộc Dục; water procession; Procession of the royal throne and royal tablet from Mỏ village communal house to Xa Vùn temple; The performance of fighting with great swords, swords and offering gifts of two armies of generals of Ngô and Laos; the role of actor - farmer - worker - merchant, fisherman - woodcutter - cultivator - nomads; the general's Heavenly Lightning Spear; Procession of the King's throne and tablet from the temporary communal house to the Mỏ village communal house. Presided over by monks. The offerings are tree seedlings. The most unique is the performance of Hidden Silence - Moon Face - mascots that produce food energy. The ritual of offering offerings includes two mascot symbols of fertility: the mute (male fertility) and the moon (female fertility), to pray for many children and grandchildren to proliferate; Offering rice, corn, berries, etc to pray for an abundant harvest and for people to have a prosperous life. Ná Nhèm Festival has many contents related to the memory of King Mạc such as the custom of water procession - procession of the King, the custom of worshiping Grandfather Mạc Đăng Dung, hidden under the worship of the scimitar, the scimitar fighting performance at the festival, custom of offering offerings while shouting "long live"; The fact that the General borrowed the teachings to proclaim "Heaven gave birth to me"; the connection between the time of rebellion (1677) and the presence until the 14th generation of the Hoàng and Bế families at the door of Mở village communal house. |
