Thak Con Festival in An Ninh Commune, Can Tho City.
The Thak Con Festival, also known as the Coconut Offering Festival, is a unique festival of the Khmer people in An Trach Hamlet, An Hiep Commune, Chau Thanh District, Soc Trang Province (old), now An Ninh Commune, Can Tho City. The festival was formed according to legend about 300 years ago, maintained, preserved and passed down through many generations.
The Thak Con Festival takes place for 5 days, from the 13th to the 17th of the 3rd lunar month every year, in which the opening ceremony starts from the 15th of the 3rd lunar month. The festival has the meaning of praying for peace of the Khmer people in the South, originating from a legend about a mound of earth emerging, when stepping on it, it makes a sound like a gong. Through the historical process, this event has gradually been sanctified and become a folk belief bearing the mark of agricultural residents. In addition, the festival also reflects the mindset of farming when from the time of organization, farmers start a new crop season and celebrate a harvest season. The selection of offerings is accompanied by the wish to thank heaven, earth, gods, and ancestors for blessing a good crop or thanking the superiors for a bountiful harvest. The Thak Con Festival plays a very important role in economic , cultural, social, traditional education life... reminding people to live a good and beautiful life to improve themselves day by day. The festival is held regularly every year, with the purpose of cultural exchange between ethnic groups, promoting local tourism and preserving national cultural identity.
In particular, the Thak Con Festival also has its own mark, which is the slathodon (flower vase made from coconut), symbolizing purity and praying for favorable weather and a peaceful life. Practicing this traditional festival heritage has created community cohesion, solidarity, and cultural exchange between the Khmer community and the Kinh and Chinese people in Chau Thanh district and neighboring areas.
At the Ceremony to announce the Decision and award the Certificate of National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Thak Con Festival at the end of June, the leaders of the local culture, sports and tourism sector affirmed that the festival is also an opportunity for people and tourists to experience and explore cultural heritages rich in identity such as Du Ke folk performing art, Chhay-dam dance art, Rom Vong dance, Ngu Am music... making the space of the festival always fresh and joyful, besides the solemn and sacred traditional rituals. At the same time, it is proposed that the functional sector advise competent authorities on solutions to promote the value and expand the scale, improve the quality of festival organization activities in the coming time. Put the festival into the Government's Cultural Development Program; promote, introduce and exploit the Thak Con Festival into a typical tourism product, associated with promoting the traditional cultural identity of the local community.
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