Opening of the Song Doc Whale Festival 2025

On the evening of March 13, 2025, at Lang Ong Song Doc, in Song Doc town, Tran Van Thoi district, the opening ceremony of the Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival 2025 took place. Attending the event were Mr. Nguyen Ho Hai, Secretary of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Minh Luan, Standing Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; along with leaders of departments, branches, localities in the province and a large number of people in Song Doc town, Tran Van Thoi district.

Mr. Nguyen The Chau, Chairman of Tran Van Thoi District People's Committee delivered the opening speech of the festival.

Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival is a long-standing traditional festival in Ca Mau , now marking the 100th anniversary of the festival. This is a ceremony to pray for favorable weather, for national peace and prosperity. In particular, fishermen pray for safe sailing and a good catch of shrimp and fish. Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival is also an opportunity for visitors from near and far to come to Ca Mau to learn about the cultural beauty of coastal fishermen. Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival in 2025 with the theme: "National intangible cultural heritage Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival - Ca Mau 100 years of formation and development" with many rich activities taking place from March 11 to March 17, 2025 ( February 12 to February 18 of the lunar year At Ty ) . The festival is organized on a provincial scale, ensuring that it is suitable to the local socio -economic situation, with the aim of preserving, conserving and promoting the value of local cultural heritage, honoring cultural traditions and good folk beliefs of coastal residents, and at the same time satisfying the spiritual needs of fishermen in the Mekong Delta region in general and Ca Mau province in particular.

Sponsors give gifts on the occasion of the Song Doc Whale Festival

Within the framework of the Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival this year, many typical activities were organized such as: Trade fair introducing OCOP and consumer products; display and exhibition of images, documents, and artifacts about the national intangible cultural heritage of Nghinh Ong Song Doc Festival; sports activities with football, volleyball, badminton, cycling; folk games such as tug of war, sack jumping, rowing, net mending; art performances; amateur music exchange activities... Especially the Nghinh Ong parade on the streets of Song Doc town; rituals and ceremonies of Nghinh Ong at sea, pre-lecture offering ceremony, main offering ceremony at Ong Mausoleum and cultural activities according to traditional customs.

Source: https://sovhttdl.camau.gov.vn/van-hoa/khai-mac-le-hoi-nghinh-ong-song-doc-nam-2025-274256