| Description |
Trò Trám Festival (also known as “Linh tinh tinh phoc” Festival) takes place annually on January 11 in Tứ Xã commune, Lâm Thao district, Phú Thọ province.
The festival includes games of plowing, planting, fishing, casting traps, weaving silk, bows, carpentry, buying and selling spring and teaching performed at Trò temple yard. In addition, Tứ Xã people also participate in the performance of “Tứ dân chi nghiệp” depicting in the most rustic way the professions in ancient society.
After the solemn and respectful ritual is the “Lễ Mật” with the love phoc ritual taking place at Trò temple. Two men and women selected in advance hold “nõ, nường” (meaning the genitals of men and women) to perform sexual intercourse activities. If they hit the target 3 times, they will have a good harvest; if they hit it twice, they will have a good harvest; if they hit it once, they will have a bad business.
Trò Trám Festival is a unique festival of Tứ Xã commune people to honor the fertility beliefs of agricultural residents, which is respected and preserved by the people here. |
