Comrade Pham Van Hau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council attended the Kate Festival at Po Inư Nugar Temple.

On the morning of October 2, comrade Pham Van Hau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council attended the Kate Festival 2024 with Cham people following Brahmanism at Po Inư Nưgar Temple, Huu Duc Village, Phuoc Huu Commune (Ninh Phuoc). Accompanying him were comrade Chamaléa Thi Thuy, member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission; leaders of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Office, and the Department of Home Affairs.

According to custom, every year on the 1st day of the 7th month of the Cham calendar, the Cham people following Brahmanism celebrate the Kate Festival. According to legend, Po Inư Nưgar is the first Mother Goddess of the Cham people. In addition to maintaining all cultural elements with traditional values, the Kate Festival expresses respect and gratitude for the merits of the gods, grandparents, and ancestors who created, protected, and sheltered their descendants to be healthy, have a peaceful, prosperous, and happy life; the community's aspiration is always to pray for favorable weather and bountiful harvests. In addition, the Kate Festival is also associated with the cultural and religious values of the Cham community, which is why it has attracted a large number of people and tourists from inside and outside the province to participate. At the ceremony, Cham people present at Po Inư Nưgar temple enjoyed performances imbued with the cultural identity of the Cham people. Following the worship ritual at Po Inư Nưgar temple, Cham people following Brahmanism in Huu Duc officially opened the Kate festival.

Comrade Pham Van Hau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council

attend Kate Festival at Po Inư Nugar Temple.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized: The Kate Festival with its unique and distinctive values associated with spiritual life, religious activities, beliefs, and production labor, maintained and developed in the community, has become the beauty and cultural identity of the Cham people. The Kate Festival is part of the national cultural heritage, the contribution of the Cham people and Cham culture to the unified and diverse Vietnamese culture. He hoped that dignitaries and officials would continue to promote and encourage people to preserve and promote the unique values of the Kate Festival as well as other traditional festivals of the Cham people in Ninh Thuan province. Create opportunities for Cham culture to be promoted to friends and visitors from near and far. At the same time, he requested that all levels, sectors, and localities continue to take practical and specific actions to accompany and preserve the Cham cultural heritage, preserve and develop the Kate Festival in the coming time; Raise the scale of organizing propaganda activities, contributing to bringing the traditional festival of the Cham people in Ninh Thuan province to the level and value of a national intangible cultural heritage.

Comrade Pham Van Hau, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council

Give gifts to celebrate Kate Festival 2024.

On this occasion, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee presented gifts and wished the dignitaries and followers of Brahmanism a peaceful, warm and happy Kate season.

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