| Description |
Đào Xá Festival, also known as the elephant procession festival, is held for 3 days, from January 27 to 29, of which the 28th is the main festival day to honor the merits of Tutelary God - Đức Thánh Phụ Hùng Hải Công in teaching people to control water, cultivate, raise livestock, and build prosperous villages.
The ritual includes the procession of elephants, incense altars, precious dragons, tablets, royal coffins, and worship of Tutelary God. "Mr. Elephant" is a typical feature of the festival with the shape, size, and color of a real elephant, with very vivid legs, tusks, trunk, ears, and eyes. The festival is organized with many folk games such as wrestling, robbing chickens, fetching water, pounding rice, and competing in fire-making...
The festival reflects historical values, cultural activities, agricultural beliefs in wet rice farming, and water god worship of the residents of Phú Thọ. This is an occasion for local people to remember their ancestors who built the country and villages, pray for blessings, good luck, favorable weather, good crops, peace for the people and prosperity of the country. |
