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Every year, the shaman chooses a beautiful day at the beginning of the year to organize the Hết chá festival to give thanks to the gods and ancestors. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for adopted children - those who have been cured by the shaman - to bring all kinds of offerings (pigs, chickens, rice, cakes, fruits, wine, etc) to give thanks to the master. The most prominent feature of the Hết chá ceremony is the Ritual pole (xẳng chá). The tree is decorated in many beautiful colors with handcrafted models such as drums, wooden boats, and thread; colorful confetti; Bamboo woven animals: birds, cicadas, frogs, etc and bright bauhinia variegata. The offerings are expressed through folk songs called Khắp chá. Priests worship all over the temple to pray to the gods to be happy with their adopted children, to bless their children, grandchildren, and villagers; Call the adopted child's spirits home, advise and teach them. Every place has its own melody, sometimes funny, sometimes deeply melodious. All over the place, there is the accompaniment of low-pitched mo flute and bustling rhythm of tăng bu - dỗ ống. The festival includes humorous and educational folk performances such as buffalo learning to plow, catching fish, picking bamboo shoots, fishing, cooking egg soup; and attractive xoè chá dances (xòe around the ritual pole, xòe with scarf, xòe with bamboo tube).
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